When Krasner walked out, very notably before Wilson's family spoke, someone shouted a curse at him. His argument fell flat for most of the audience in the courtroom, packed with people who wanted the ultimate punishment: that those sentenced to death are rarely ever executed in Pennsylvania (Gov. Wolf declared a moratorium on executions in 2015). It is not a deterrent. Life without parole is the punishment for most who kill officers in Pennsylvania. Krasner stressed that he wanted to spare Wilson's children the decades of trauma that come from the endless litigation surrounding death penalty cases. He hung it on the kids. And though that could be the strongest argument against the death penalty, it felt disingenuous when Wilson's family has been saying for months they feel ignored by the DA's Office.