Judge Anne Marie Coyle recommends more penalties on Larry Krasner's office

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by Chris Palmer Published Sept. 10, 2025, 4:09 p.m. ET

A Philadelphia judge who earlier this year fined District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office $120,000 over its handling of an open records dispute defended her decision Wednesday — and said an appellate court should consider imposing more penalties against the DA’s office as it continues challenging her rulings in the case.

Common Pleas Court Judge Anne Marie Coyle wrote in an opinion that Krasner’s office unfairly attacked her character as it sought to reverse her decisions. And she said his office did so “to avoid acceptance of responsibility for the continuing commission of reprehensible misconduct by its attorneys motiv