Krasner asks City Council for more funding to keep his DA staff from becoming ambulance chasers

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Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner appeared at a City Council hearing Monday, calling for increased funding to investigate crimes more thoroughly and arrest “big-time criminals,” while also advocating for the retention of skilled attorneys who might otherwise become personal-injury lawyers.

Krasner said there are many people out there who want to poach his young district attorneys, and he needs more money to keep them in their jobs…

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