Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal.

Joining me on today's show is

Tom Hogan. He's a frequent contributor to the magazine, a brand new adjunct fellow at the Manhattan

Institute, and he's been on the show before. Tom is an attorney who has served as a federal prosecutor,

the elected district attorney of Pennsylvania's Chester County and a partner at major law firms.

He has prosecuted violent crime, drug trafficking organizations, political corruption, and terrorism,

and he's a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's criminology graduate program.

Today we're going to discuss some of his recent stories, which are looking at the best

and worst prosecutors in America, and examining the policies contributing to the very, very

disturbing escalation and urban crime rights that we've been seeing. So Tom, thanks again for coming

on. Always happen to be on, Brian.

And certainly the areas that we're covering are interesting to everybody these days.

For sure.

In a recent City Journal piece, you compiled a list of who you deemed America's five best prosecutors.

You opened with a quote from Robert Jackson, who served as

U.S. Attorney General under FDR. He said, while the prosecutor at his best is one of the most

beneficent forces in our society, when he acts from malice or other base motives, he's one of the

worst. I wonder, you know, if you could name two or three of these

outstanding prosecutors, let's say two, and discuss the benefits that their cities are seeing

from their tenure. Well, certainly some are Stephen in San Diego. She is an experienced prosecutor.

She worked her way up through the ranks, so she has seen every type of crime there is. She is dedicated to protecting victims.

And she understands criminals. She knows what they think. She knows how they damage her city and her community, and she's willing to stand up to them.

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