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It isn’t often that a district attorney’s race draws as much national attention as the one in Philadelphia did last fall. While much of the country was bemoaning the new national rhetoric that indicated a sharp departure from America’s centrist values on crime and punishment, Philadelphia was singing a different tune.
Robert Listenbee, former administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, will be joining the District Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia as the First Assistant DA.
Youth placed in juvenile justice institutions face a fundamental obstacle in their career pathway: They have been removed from their communities and lack access to the full array of educational and job...