Murder Cases Flagged — Oversight Imposed

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Pennsylvania’s highest court just told Philadelphia’s far-left district attorney that he can no longer act as a defense lawyer for convicted killers — and even some Democrat judges agreed.

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on June 16, 2026, that the state attorney general must now review cases where Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner tries to overturn convictions.
The court found Krasner’s office made at least 120 unreliable concessions since 2018, mostly in murder cases, often hiding evidence and misrepresenting facts.
The majority said Krasner had “abdicated the duties of his office” by acting more like a defense advocate than a prosecutor.
Two Democrat justices dissented, arguing the voters of Philadelphia — not the court — should be the ones to hold Krasner accountable.

Court Steps In After 120 Cases Went Wrong

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a sharp rebuke to Krasner on June 16, 2026. The ruling said that any time Krasner’s office agrees to let a convicted criminal walk free under Pennsylvania’s Post Conviction Relief Act, the state attorney general must first receive notice and a chance to step in. The court used its rare “King’s Bench” power — reserved for serious breakdowns in justice — to force this oversight.

The numbers behind the ruling are striking. Since 2018, Krasner’s office sided with convicted criminals seeking to undo their sentences at least 120 times — most of them murder cases. The court’s opinion found the office had “failed to disclose material evidence, submitted a false stipulation, misrepresented facts, and opposed a required evidentiary hearing” in at least one key case. The justices wrote bluntly: “Again and again, the DAO has made unreliable concessions unsupported by the facts and law.”

Krasner Acted Like a Defense Lawyer, Not a Prosecutor

The court’s majority said a prosecutor is “a minister of justice,” not just a one-sided advocate. That means using facts and law — not ideology — to decide when to fight or concede a case. The majority found Krasner crossed that line repeatedly. He did not just drop weak cases. He helped convicted murderers get new trials by making concessions the facts did not support, then dodged the evidentiary hearings that would have exposed those weak arguments.

Krasner pushed back hard after the ruling. He called it bad for “freedom” and “democracy.” His office released a video statement on June 17, 2026, defending his approach as necessary reform. Krasner has long framed his work as fixing a broken system — his campaign platform called for diverting more cases away from conviction, ending money bail, and cutting supervision for people on probation and parole. But the state’s highest court said those policy goals do not excuse misleading judges and hiding evidence.

Even Democrat Judges Were Split — But the Damage Is Done

Not every justice agreed with the majority’s remedy. Two Democrat-appointed justices — Donohue and Wecht — dissented. They argued the court overstepped by overriding the “policy decisions” of an elected district attorney. Justice Wecht wrote that Philadelphia voters, not the Supreme Court, should be the ones to check Krasner’s conduct. That is a fair constitutional point — but it sidesteps what the majority found: that Krasner’s office was not just making policy choices, it was misleading courts.

The ruling matters beyond Philadelphia. Prosecutors across the country face very little outside oversight. Most accountability comes through state ethics rules that are rarely enforced. Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court just showed one way to fix that — at least temporarily. Going forward, every time Krasner’s office tries to free a convicted killer, the state attorney general gets to review the case first. For victims’ families who watched convictions get thrown out without a real fight, that is long overdue.