Philadelphia De-Prosecution Likely Caused 374 More Murders in 5 Years, Research Finds

Police tape hangs from a barricade at the corner of South and 3rd Streets the day after three people were killed and 11 others wounded by gunfire all within a few blocks, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 5, 2022. Kriston Jae Bethel/AFP via Getty Images

Progressive de-prosecution policies likely caused 374 more murders during a five-year span in Philadelphia, according to research by Thomas Hogan, an attorney and a former prosecutor.

His research will soon be published in Criminology and Public Policy, a peer-reviewed journal of the prestigious American Society of Criminology.