Previously on Today Explained.

Philadelphia offers one of the starkest examples of this terrible nationwide trend.

They had 499 homicides last year.

Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner is defending his record and says he is tackling

the ongoing violence in our city.

Krasner came in with letting us know that our civil rights will no longer be violated

and I think that's why he got the support of the people.

Culture of the DA's office is like a sports culture.

They try to maximize convictions and maximize years.

He will plead to deal with these folks and they back out on the street.

I'm speaking for a lot of mothers.

I'm speaking for a lot of minorities who have been victimized to the justice system as

well.

It's like for me it's a multidimensional quest of knowledge before I vote.

Today on the show, Philly makes a choice.

The public as Alec McGillis gets us to election day, but first he's going fishing.

Back in May I went down to this riverfront park in Southwest Philly called Bar Trim's Garden.

It has a little dock with a bunch of robots.

I was with a few today explain producers, Miles Bryan and Jillian Weinberger.

We went to meet up with teens who were part of a youth group called the AF Philly.

Some of them had been caught up in the criminal justice system.

A couple were wearing ankle monitors because they had active cases.

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