Philly DA Larry Krasner tells prosecutors to seek lighter sentences, estimate costs of incarceration
March 16, 2018
Philly.com/AP Offer shorter prison sentences in plea deals. Decline certain classes of criminal charges. And explain, on the record, why taxpayers should fork over thousands of dollars per year to incarcerate people. Those are some of the instructions that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has outlined for the office’s 300 prosecutors — perhaps the boldest set of policies…