PHILADELPHIA - Incumbent Larry Krasner declared victory Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for Philly District Attorney as votes were still being counted.
Krasner had a large lead over challenger Carlos Vega who conceded.Philadelphia residents also voted in what many pundits nationally say is the first referendum on whether a wave of prosecutors elected on promises of criminal justice reforms — measures like shorter probation and parole and a curtailing of cash bail that disproportionately keeps poor defendants confined pretrial — can survive a rising tide of gun violence and homicides across the country.Much of the backlash from critics in Philadelphia and in other cities that elected progressive prosecutors places blame for the.