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New Philadelphia District Attorney's Inauguration Is Tuesday

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Tuesday is inauguration day for the City of Philadelphia's next district attorney.

Larry Krasner will take the oath of office in the morning at the Kimmel Center in Center City.

The Democrat is a long-time civil rights attorney.

He succeeds former DA Seth Williams, who resigned in June after pleading guilty to a corruption charge, and is now serving a five-year prison sentence.

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