Embracing the mantle of criminal justice reform, progressive prosecutor candidates won key races across the country and the Commonwealth of Virginia in 2019.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, a progressive prosecutor’s progressive prosecutor, identifies as a “public defender with power.” When campaigning for office, Suffolk County Massachusetts District Attorney Rachael Rollins pledged a default nonprosecution policy for a range of offenses, including shoplifting, malicious destruction of property, drug possession with intent to distribute, and resisting arrest. Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s newly-elected district attorney, announced that he will not prosecute cases involving “quality-of-life” crimes such as offering or soliciting sex, public urination, and blocking a sidewalk.