Daily News | Krasner’s 2018 firing of top homicide prosecutor Carlos Vega was not discriminatory, jury finds
District Attorney Larry Krasner during at a press conference Nov. 21, 2019. Carlos Vega campaigning on Apr. 29, 2021.Another chapter in the bitter public feud between Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and Carlos Vega, the former homicide prosecutor who unsuccessfully challenged him for his job last year, concluded Monday with a federal jury rejecting Vega’s lawsuit over Krasner’s decision to fire him in 2018.
And at one point, Vega admitted on the witness stand that despite being unable to find a job since he was fired, he still sometimes comes to Center City in a suit and with an empty briefcase so people will assume he’s working. Meanwhile, the city has paid out more than $1.5 million to settle similar age-discrimination suits from four other staffers Krasner fired the same day as Vega.
Vega, a 35-year veteran of the office who tried some 500 murder cases during his tenure, told jurors last week that Krasner’s decision to fire him left him shattered. Those remarks — along with several similar statements — formed the basis for Vega’s age-discrimination claims. Krasner lost the case, Muhammad and his codefendant were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But the future district attorne said he found Vega’s behavior during the trial astounding.
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