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DA Larry Krasner files suit to quash state’s special SEPTA prosecutor as unconstitutional

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who has clashed with Krasner, signed the law in a December budget deal. Transit funding was left out.

District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks at a press conference about filing to block implementations of the state’s new law that creates a “special prosecutor” for crimes on SEPTA on the grounds it’s an unconstitutional usurpation of his authority, at the Office of the Philadelphia District Attorney in Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.
District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks at a press conference about filing to block implementations of the state’s new law that creates a “special prosecutor” for crimes on SEPTA on the grounds it’s an unconstitutional usurpation of his authority, at the Office of the Philadelphia District Attorney in Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024.Read moreTyger Williams / Staff Photographer