Former DA supervisor suspended for misleading judge to vacate death penalty
A former supervisor in Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s office was suspended from practicing in federal court for three years after a disciplinary panel found she knowingly misled a judge while seeking to overturn a death sentence.
TL;DR
- Nancy Winkelman, former chief of the Law Division in Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s office, received a three-year suspension from practicing in federal court.
- A disciplinary panel found Winkelman knowingly misled a judge while seeking to overturn the death sentence of convicted murderer Robert Wharton.
- The panel concluded Winkelman was complicit in misrepresentations made by another prosecutor and acted to vacate all death sentences on appeal.
- Winkelman is appealing the suspension, arguing the ruling has serious errors.
- The disciplinary findings were unsealed shortly after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court criticized Krasner's office for misleading courts and withholding evidence.