larry krasner. amy: incumbent d.a. asner defended hisirst term saying he followed through on his promise to reform philadelphia's kernel justice system. >> first of all, let a crisis in shootings with fatal and nonfatal shootings. the truth is we have been nearly 85% conviction rate with those cases, among the highest in five years. comparable to other cities in a favorable way, hi rick -- high rate. we did without cheating. we were dealing with an office when my opponent was there when the tree did not matter. if you can convict someone, you convicted them. it might be the wrong person and they might sit in jumper 25 years. that did not get us anywhere. we have to bring things that work and we have done that. amy: for more, we're joined in philadelphia by investigative journalist linn washington, who has covered the city's criminal justice system for decades, recently wrote a column for whyy headlined "krasner's stance on mumia won't cost him reelection. but it will stain his reputation as a reformer." still th us is t

larry krasner in philadelphia, one who was in florida, and now another one. the difference you're now seeing, you're now seeing folks realize that the d.a. is just as important. in the case of ahmaud arbery, there were three different d.a.s who were not moving. it wasn't until the video was released and the pressure was put on the georgia buffer investigations that charges were filed. so the public has to understand, when we're fighting voter suppression, that has a direct impact because d.a.s are elected. >> right. >> and so think about this. everybody listening, you want to see law enforcement and criminal justice reform, you got to have voter suppression end because that impacts who gets elected. so all of these things are interrelated. so when people tell me, man, why you always talking about voting, because you can't say i want to see the legal system change but you don't vote. all these things go together. so we must say top to bottom, president, u.s. senate, members of congress, governors, state reps, state senators, d.a.s, judges, the entire system -- >> all the way down. >> -- impacts all of that, which is why we're fighting geo