Pennsylvania's Supreme Court has criticized DA Krasner's office for misleading judges in seeking to overturn murder convictions — a rebuke that arrived days after one of his supervisors was suspended for similar misconduct. The court's concerns about candor duties are documented, though the specific details and scope of what happened remain contested. The "releasing murderers" framing oversimplifies a real debate about whether original convictions were legally sound. Krasner's office has pursued conviction relief in various cases, but characterizing this as actively working to release murderers doesn't match the evidence. On funding: Krasner's campaign did receive substantial support from George Soros-backed PACs, making him accurately described as a Soros-backed DA in that narrow sense. That said, the label is often used as shorthand to suggest improper influence, which goes beyond what the funding alone demonstrates.