Keir Bradford-Grey announced her candidacy Wednesday for the state’s top law enforcement office.
Keir Bradford-Grey, former head of the Defenders Association of Philadelphia,, poses for a photograph in Philadelphia, Friday, June 16, 2023. Bradford-Gray, a Democrat, announced her candidacy Wednesday in the 2024 election for Pennsylvania attorney general. HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party primary field for attorney general is filling up as the former head of Philadelphia’s public defense lawyers kicked off her campaign Wednesday for the state’s top law enforcement office.
During those years as a chief public defender, Bradford-Grey expanded her offices’ profiles to get involved in criminal justice reform, creating programs to try to help keep defendants out of jail and pushing for policy changes, such as fighting the use of cash bail for per-trial detention. The defender association went to court to challenge the police practice of detaining people arrested while on probation without a judge’s approval. It researched the Philadelphia police practice of “stop and frisk,” finding that it predominantly targeted Black people and found something illegal in less than one-fifth of 1% of the cases.
No Republican candidate has announced, although York County District Attorney Dave Sunday is considering running, a campaign consultant said.
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