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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner takes questions from reporters after a press conference in Harrisburg on Friday, 10/21/22. (Capital-Star photo by Marley Parish)

Republicans tried to put crime on the ballot in 2022. Voters didn’t go for it | Opinion

BY: - November 16, 2022

Despite the claims from Republicans, violent crime in 2022 is nowhere near the problem it was in the 1990s.

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To prevent shootings, teachers needed to be armed with information, not guns | Opinion

BY: - August 10, 2022

The idea that more police officers, more metal detectors, more drills, and more guns will stop school massacres has stretched the bounds of credulity.

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We may never see police accountability in the Texas school shooting. This is why | Opinion

BY: - June 8, 2022

Most people would be surprised to know that the government is not required to protect its citizens. The U.S. Supreme Court has said as much.

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There’s a path for John Roberts to save Roe. He should take it | Opinion

BY: - May 10, 2022

Chief Justice Warren Burger's vote-switch in the 1972 ruling upholding the death penalty could point the way.

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How to police the police? The U.S. Supreme Court did it once. It can do it again | Opinion

BY: - June 10, 2020

The high court improved policing a generation ago with the exclusionary rule. It has the opportunity to do that again by striking down qualified immunity.

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It’s time to step up, and say ‘Enough is enough’ to gun violence | Opinion

BY: - September 26, 2019

How did we get to a point where private citizens need to carry firearms when they leave their homes? It's time to say enough is enough