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这份以4比3通过的裁决允许州总检察长在克拉斯纳承认一起谋杀罪定罪无效前介入救济程序
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发布时间：2026年6月19日 美国东部时间上午8:00 | 更新时间：2026年6月19日 美国东部时间上午8:11
索罗斯支持的地区检察官誓言“追捕”移民海关执法局特工
费城地区检察官拉里·克拉斯纳在一场与新的“驱逐移民海关执法局”法案相关的市政厅活动中誓言“追捕”移民海关执法局特工，引发强烈反弹。（图片来源：WTXF）
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宾夕法尼亚州最高法院意见存在分歧，其中两名民主党大法官下令对费城地区检察官拉里·克拉斯纳的办公室就其定罪后赦免程序展开新的外部审查。此前该州高等法院认定该办公室对一起已定罪杀人犯案件的处理不可靠，并表示类似问题不止存在于这一单起案件中。
民主党大法官凯文·多尔蒂撰写了这份4比3的裁决意见，案件涉及费城男子莱瓦尔·布朗，他的谋杀罪定罪成为围绕克拉斯纳的定罪诚信单位以及该办公室在重大刑事案件中愿意赦免相关判决的更广泛法律斗争的核心。多尔蒂与另一名民主党大法官丹尼尔·麦卡弗里以及另外两名共和党法官联合签署了该意见。持不同意见者均为民主党大法官。
该4比3的裁决推翻了费城定罪后法院准予布朗重审的命令，此前克拉斯纳的办公室已承认其定罪不应成立，且一名费城法官批准了这一请求。裁决还要求，今后在任何克拉斯纳的办公室承认定罪应被推翻的案件中，负责定罪后异议审理的费城法官必须通知宾夕法尼亚州总检察长办公室，并允许该办公室在准予救济前介入。
该裁决并未将案件控制权完全移交州总检察长，但为未来涉及克拉斯纳办公室的定罪后事项设立了新的法院指令式监督机制。
费特曼敦促费城地区检察官“放轻松，弗朗西斯”，此前其关于移民海关执法局的言论引发激烈争执
2023年7月3日，警方在宾夕法尼亚州费城的一起枪击案现场作业。早期报道显示，7月3日在费城金塞辛区枪击6人后，嫌疑人已被拘留。（德鲁·哈洛韦尔/盖蒂图片社）
多尔蒂在代表多数方撰写的意见中写道：“检察官无权决定被告是否有权根据《定罪后救济法》获得救济”，并强调即使检察官同意辩方观点，法官也必须独立判断定罪是否应被推翻。
多数方得出结论，克拉斯纳的办公室在布朗案中的赦免“不可靠”，认定克拉斯纳的办公室在现有记录不支持的情况下准予赦免，向法院隐瞒关键证据，提交虚假的事实约定，在诉状中歪曲事实，未进行合理调查，并反对必要的证据听证会。
法院暗示，如果其在布朗案中的担忧仅局限于这一单起案件，就不会有理由采取更广泛的救济措施。但多数意见表示，此类担忧在其他定罪后案件中也同样存在。
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根据裁决意见，自2018年以来，费城地区检察官办公室已“超过100次”准予赦免，其中大部分涉及谋杀案件。法院还表示，显然有超过1000起案件正等待该办公室定罪诚信单位的审查。
该案由谋杀受害者迈克尔·理查森和罗伯特·克劳福德的家属提交至州最高法院。根据宾夕法尼亚州总检察长办公室的信息，布朗于2004年谋杀理查森的罪名被费城陪审团定罪，2005年谋杀克劳福德的罪名也被另一陪审团定罪。
总检察长办公室表示，二十年后，克拉斯纳的办公室承认布朗应获得重审，并主张无需证据听证会即可准予救济。
费城地区检察官拉里·克拉斯纳于2022年1月31日在费城的新闻发布会上发言。（美联社照片/马特·鲁尔克，资料图）
宾夕法尼亚州总检察长戴夫·桑迪对该裁决表示赞赏，称其办公室现在能够为费城居民和受害者家属对相关程序进行监督。
“作为检察官，我们的职责是为犯罪受害者、公共安全和正义发声，”桑迪在一份声明中表示。“数百年的经验表明，实现这一正义的最佳途径是通过对抗制程序，为双方提供有力的代理。”
费城地区检察官在公园遭遇质问时发表关于“法西斯”特朗普、“希特勒”的长篇大论，视频引发热议
桑迪的办公室表示，法院认定费城地区检察官在布朗案中的赦免“不可靠”，并“认识到其他众多案件中的类似赦免似乎也不可靠”。
“法院指示法官在准予救济前，将任何赦免请求通知宾夕法尼亚州总检察长办公室，并允许总检察长办公室在未来费城地区检察官办公室试图推翻定罪的案件中介入，”该办公室表示。
在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中，宾夕法尼亚州总检察长办公室表示仍在评估该裁决对其工作量、预算和人员的影响。
“我们正在评估昨日宾夕法尼亚州最高法院的命令将对我们办公室的工作量产生何种影响，以及可能对我们的预算和人员造成何种影响，”总检察长办公室新闻团队表示。“鉴于涉及诸多未知因素，包括将提出赦免请求的案件数量以及我们对这些请求的应对措施，在程序真正启动之前，可能难以全面评估这些影响。”
该办公室补充道，它感谢法院允许总检察长办公室“监督这一程序，以维护费城公民的利益，并确保受害者家属的权益得到代表”。
宾夕法尼亚州哈里斯堡的州议会大厦，2024年2月28日，星期三，美国。（雷切尔·维涅夫/彭博社通过盖蒂图片社）
索罗斯支持的地区检察官克拉斯纳在费城机场威胁移民海关执法局特工：“我会把你铐起来”
克拉斯纳的办公室未回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求。但克拉斯纳在网上发布了一段视频回应，为其刑事司法改革议程辩护，并抨击该裁决是反民主的举措，将费城与其他县区别对待。
视频中展示了民权偶像罗莎·帕克斯和马丁·路德·金的画像，克拉斯纳将刑事司法改革定位为更广泛的社会正义运动的一部分。
“改革对那些需要它的人来说可能是可怕的，”克拉斯纳在视频中说道。“你们不喜欢哪一部分？是安全还是自由？”
克拉斯纳表示，在他的一生中，费城在“安全”或“自由”方面从未有过更好的表现，并辩称批评者正在对抗一场全国性的刑事司法改革运动。
“事实是，刑事司法改革是一场全国性的社会正义运动，”克拉斯纳说。“就像所有其他社会正义运动一样，它遵循特定的模式。首先他们无视你。我们已经度过了这个阶段。然后他们嘲笑你。我们也度过了这个阶段。接着他们与你对抗。我们已经对抗了八年半。然后下一步——我们一定会达到——就是你赢得胜利。”
费城地区检察官拉里·克拉斯纳于2024年1月11日在费城发言。（美联社照片/马特·鲁尔克）
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克拉斯纳表示，宾夕法尼亚州最高法院在“一场接近的表决中”裁定，当他的办公室支持辩方观点，即某人应获得重审或从羁押中释放时，“我们需要总检察长办公室像其他所有县一样监督我们”。
“这对民主有帮助吗？没有，”克拉斯纳说。“与其他各县相比，这实际上削弱了费城选民的投票价值。”
然而，多数意见表示，该命令并未剥夺克拉斯纳办公室的检察官自由裁量权。法院表示，地区检察官办公室仍可自由按照其认为合适的方式审理案件，但总检察长的独立评估和参与将“提高”定罪后程序及其后续决定的可靠性。
在异议中，大法官戴维·韦赫特警告称，多数方正在将总检察长纳入地方定罪后程序，并干涉费城民选检察官的自由裁量权。但多数方驳回了这一论点，称总检察长的角色不会凌驾于地区检察官的自由裁量权之上，反而会在定罪被推翻前为法院提供对抗制程序的益处。
该裁决将布朗的案件发回宾夕法尼亚州定罪后法院进行进一步审理，并为未来克拉斯纳办公室寻求赦免的案件设立了新的程序。
Dem justices slap Soros-backed Philly DA with power strip in stunning decision: ‘Not reliable’
2026-06-19T08:00:21-04:00 / Fox News
The 4-3 ruling lets the state attorney general intervene before relief is granted when Krasner concedes a murder conviction
By Alec Schemmel Fox News
Published June 19, 2026 8:00am EDT | Updated June 19, 2026 8:11am EDT
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A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court, including two Democrat justices, ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office to face new outside scrutiny over its post-conviction concessions after the state’s high court found the office’s handling of one convicted murderer’s case was unreliable and said similar problems extended beyond just that single case.
Justice Kevin Dougherty, a Democrat, wrote the 4-3 opinion in the case of Levar Brown, a Philadelphia man whose murder convictions became the centerpiece of a broader legal fight over Krasner’s Conviction Integrity Unit and the office’s willingness to concede relief in serious criminal cases. Dougherty was joined by Justice Daniel McCaffery, another Democrat judge on the state’s Supreme Court, and two other Republican judges. The dissenters were all Democrats.
The 4-3 decision reversed a Philadelphia post-conviction order granting Brown a new trial after Krasner’s office conceded his conviction should not stand and a Philadelphia judge approved the request. It also ordered that, going forward, Philadelphia judges handling post-conviction challenges must notify the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General and allow the office to intervene before granting relief in any case where Krasner’s office concedes that a conviction should be overturned.
The ruling stops short of handing control of the cases to the state attorney general, but it creates a new court-ordered check on Krasner’s office in future post-conviction matters.
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Police work the scene of a shooting on July 3, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Early reports say the suspect is in custody after shooting 6 people in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia on July 3rd.(Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)
“The prosecutor does not decide whether a defendant is entitled to relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act,” Dougherty wrote for the majority, emphasizing that a judge must independently determine whether a conviction should be overturned even when prosecutors agree with the defense.
The majority concluded that Krasner’s office’s concession in Brown’s case “was not reliable,” finding that Krasner’s office conceded relief when it was not warranted by the existing record, withheld material evidence from the court, submitted a false stipulation of fact, misstated facts in its pleadings, failed to conduct a reasonable investigation and opposed a required evidentiary hearing.
The court suggested that if its concerns in the Brown case were confined to just that case alone, it would not have justified a broader remedy. But the majority opinion said the concerns were evident in other post-conviction cases as well.
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Since 2018, the Philadelphia DA’s office has conceded relief “well over 100 times,” mostly in murder cases, according to the opinion. The court also said there are apparently more than 1,000 cases still waiting to be reviewed by the office’s Conviction Integrity Unit.
The case was brought to the high court by family members of murder victims Michael Richardson and Robert Crawford. Brown was convicted by a Philadelphia jury in the 2004 murder of Richardson and convicted by another Philadelphia jury in the 2005 murder of Crawford, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
Two decades later, Krasner’s office conceded that Brown should receive a new trial and argued that relief was due without an evidentiary hearing, the attorney general’s office said.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, on Jan. 31, 2022.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday praised the ruling, saying his office will now be able to serve as a check on the process for Philadelphia residents and victims’ families.
“As prosecutors, our role is to advocate for victims of crime, for public safety, and for justice,” Sunday said in a statement. “Centuries of experience teach that the best way to achieve that justice is through the adversarial process, with vigorous representation for both sides.”
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Sunday’s office said the court concluded the Philadelphia DA’s concession in Brown’s case was “not reliable” and “recognized that similar concessions in numerous other cases also appeared to be unreliable.”
“The Court directed judges to notify the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General of any concessions before granting relief, and to permit the Office of Attorney General to intervene in future cases where the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office attempts to concede a conviction,” the office said.
In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office said it is still assessing what the ruling will mean for its workload, budget and personnel.
“We are assessing what yesterday’s Supreme Court of Pennsylvania order will mean for our office’s workload and what impacts it may have on our budget and our personnel,” the OAG Press Team said. “Given the many unknowns involved, including the number of cases concessions will be made in and our response to those concessions, it may be difficult to fully assess these impacts until the process truly begins.”
The office added that it appreciates the court allowing the AG’s office to “serve as a check on this process for the citizens of Philadelphia and ensure that the interests of victims’ families are represented.”
The State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.(Rachel Wisniewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Krasner’s office did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. But Krasner posted a video response online defending his reform agenda and attacking the ruling as an anti-democratic move that treats Philadelphia differently from other counties.
The video featured images of civil rights icons Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. as Krasner framed criminal justice reform as part of a broader social justice movement.
“Reform can be scary to those who need it,” Krasner said in the video. “Which part don’t you like? The safety or the freedom?”
Krasner said Philadelphia has not had better numbers for “safety” or “freedom” in his lifetime and argued that critics are fighting a national criminal justice reform movement.
“The truth is that criminal justice reform is a national social justice movement,” Krasner said. “And like all other social justice movements, it follows a certain pattern. First they ignore you. We’re past it. Then they laugh at you. We’re past that. Then they fight you. And we have been fighting for eight and a half years. And then the next step – we got to get there – is you win.”
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks in Philadelphia, on Jan. 11, 2024.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Krasner said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a “close decision,” ruled that when his office supports a defense position that someone deserves a new trial or release from custody, “we need to have the attorney general’s office looking over our shoulder unlike every other county.”
“Does that help democracy? No,” Krasner said. “It actually undermines the value of a vote in Philadelphia as compared to every other county.”
The majority opinion, however, said the order does not strip Krasner’s office of prosecutorial discretion. Instead, the court said the DA’s office remains free to litigate cases as it sees fit, but that the attorney general’s independent assessment and participation will “enhance the reliability” of post-conviction proceedings and their subsequent decisions.
In dissent, Justice David Wecht warned that the majority was injecting the attorney general into local post-conviction proceedings and interfering with the discretion of Philadelphia’s elected prosecutor. But the majority rejected that argument, saying the attorney general’s role would not override the DA’s discretion and would instead give courts the benefit of an adversarial process before convictions are overturned.
The ruling sends Brown’s case back to the Pennsylvania post-conviction court for further proceedings and sets a new process for future cases where Krasner’s office seeks to concede relief.