James Q. Wilson’s work showed that removing dangerous people from the streets protects communities. -
Tal FortgangSergio Hyland seemed like the
perfect advocate. Calling himself a “fierce, relentless, implacable abolitionist,” determined to end incarceration in the United States, Hyland had spent more than two decades behind bars before joining Pennsylvania’s Working Families Party as an anti-prison organizer.
- His criminal record only burnished his credentials: he had pled guilty to the 2001 killing of a 15-year-old and was later charged in connection with another homicide in 2002.
Once he got out of prison in 2022, Hyland launched a website offering “speaking engagements” and
“harm/de-escalation tactics” training, and he
frequently appeared alongside Philadelphia’s progressive prosecutor, Larry Krasner...
- A week later, Hyland was arrested for murdering a 30-year-old mother of two. Police discovered a stockpile of illegal guns in his home...