Victims of Violent Crime in Philadelphia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee will hold a field hearing on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. ET in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The field hearing, "Victims of Violent Crime in Philadelphia," will examine how Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner's pro-criminal policies embolden criminals at the expense of victims and Philadelphia residents.
WITNESSES:
- George Bochetto, Attorney, Former Special Prosecutor for the impeachment of District Attorney Larry Krasner - testimony
- Nick Gerace, Retired Philadelphia police officer
- Terri O'Connor, Widow of slain Philadelphia police officer - testimony
- Douglas Murray, Author and investigative journalist
- Pauline Fitzgerald, Mother of Temple University Police Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald who was murdered in the line of duty and former Philadelphia police officer
- Joel Fitzgerald, Father of Temple University Police Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald who was murdered in the line of duty and former Philadelphia police officer
- Ruth Abaya, Practice-Based Scholar, Center for Violence Prevention at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Senior Director, Health Systems and Community Violence Intervention Integration at The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention - testimony
- Adam Garber, Executive Director at CeaseFirePA - testimony
NOTE: Media outlets interested in attending must RSVP to judiciarypress@mail.house.gov by Thursday, May 2, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET. A media availability may follow.
Mr. Nick Gerace
Retired Philadelphia Police Officer
Mrs. Terri O'Connor
Spouse of Slain Philadelphia Police Officer
Mrs. Pauline Fitzgerald
Former Police Investigators
Dr. Joel Fitzgerald
Chief of Police and Emergency Coordinator, Regional Transportation District
- http://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240503/117234/HHRG-118-JU00-Bio-FitzgeraldJ-20240503.pdf
- http://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240503/117234/HHRG-118-JU00-Wstate-FitzgeraldJ-20240503-U11.pdf
- http://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240503/117234/HHRG-118-JU00-TTF-FitzgeraldJ-20240503-U12.pdf
- http://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20240503/117234/HHRG-118-JU00-TTF-FitzgeraldJ-20240503.pdf
Mr. George Bochetto
Philadelphia Trial Attorney
Dr. Ruth Abaya
Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania,
Mr. Adam Garber
Executive Director, CeaseFire PA
- A document from the city of Philadelphia titled “The Mayor’s Operating Budget in Brief for Fiscal Year 2021, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from FOX 29 Philadelphia titled “Carjackings significantly declines in 2 years, Philadelphia Carjacking Task Force reports” dated April 12, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.
- An article from the Philadelphia Inquirer titled “How Philadelphia reduced gun violence in 2023” dated January 18, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.
- An article from Axios titled “Number of homicides plummets in major U.S. cities” dated April 16, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.
- An article from WHYY titled “Philly DA sets up new unit focusing on repeat gun offenders” dated April 15, 2024, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.
- An article from NBC Philadelphia titled “Philly leaders encouraged by drop in homicides so far this year” by David Chang, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.
- An article from Heritage titled “George Soros’s Prosecutors Wage War on Law and Order” by Charles Stimson, submitted for the Record by Mr. Gaetz of FL.
- An article from the Philadelphia Citizen titled “Guest Commentary: George Soros’ Bad Bet on Progressive Prosecutors” by Thomas Hogan, submitted for the Record by Mr. Gaetz of FL.
- A report titled “Philadelphia 2024: The state of the city” dated April 11, 2024, submitted by Mr. Gaetz of FL.
- An article from the Washington Examiner titled “Philadelphia’s Soros-funded district attorney deceived court to get murderer off ‘death row’” dated March 15, 2024, submitted by Mr. Gaetz of FL.
- A document from the Philadelphia Police Department titled “Major Crimes as reported to PPD,” submitted for the Record by Ms. Dean of PA.
- Written testimony, submitted for the Record by Douglas Murray.
- An article from 6ABC titled "Remembering Philadelphia Police Sgt. James O'Connor killed in line of duty 1 year ago" dated March 13, 2021, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.
- An article from NBC10 titled "'Make sure justice is served': Slain Temple police sergeant's family calls for death penalty for suspect" dated January 23, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.