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As a community activist, I will continue to assist and defend ‘The People’s DA’ — Larry Krasner | Opinion

Despite the district attorney's controversial comments about crime, his efforts to correct decades of wrongful incarceration of Black and brown people deserve our support, writes Paula Peebles.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner at a news conference in February. His efforts to overhaul prosecutions in the city is marked by "a sense of integrity that was absent in his predecessors," writes Paula Peebles.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner at a news conference in February. His efforts to overhaul prosecutions in the city is marked by "a sense of integrity that was absent in his predecessors," writes Paula Peebles.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer