Philadelphia is a city that for many years had to deal with high crime rates, but it’s also one where voters have shown an appetite for a standing criminal-justice reform, as reported in The Altantic.

The current mayor, Jim Kenney, and the now-outgoing DA, Seth Williams, affected by a corruption scandal, have been trying to carry out this reform.

Thus, can Philadelphia's Next D.A Pursue Criminal Justice Reform?

As Philadelphia prepares to elect a new district attorney, the seven Democrats in the race are promising to change the city’s approach to law enforcement and lower its incarceration rate.

For some time, setting crime policy has been a complicated and socially delicate mission in the U.S. Though mass incarceration is now considered an issue of racial justice, there’s a long history of black support for tough-on-crime policies, as reported in The Atlantic.

Read the full analysis of Philadelphia D.A elections in The Altantic.