Under D.A. Krasner, Murders Up 79%; Gun Convictions Down 45%

D.A. Krasner fakes some tears for Murder Victim No. 498

By Ralph Cipriano
for BigTrial.net
In 2017, the year before District Attorney Larry Krasner took office, the city had 315 murders.
As of last night, the city had 499 murders, one short of the all-time record of 500, set back in 1990, at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic.
If Philadelphia continues…