The First Judicial District’s Board of Judges has selected Kelley Hodge to be Philadelphia’s district attorney, marking the first time an African-American woman has served as the city’s top prosecutor. She has been named to fill the post in the interim until a new district attorney can be elected in November and sworn in in January 2018.
The decision was made Thursday afternoon by a majority vote of the Board of Judges, which consists of all the judges on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The judges selected Hodge out of 13 potential applicants through a confidential vote.
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