Editing Ed Rendell (section)

==District attorney==
Rendell was elected district attorney of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] in 1977, becoming the youngest<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.insidepolitics.org/biorendell.html|title=Biography of Mayor Edward Rendell|website=insidepolitics.org|access-date=2016-11-29}}</ref> DA in history, after he defeated the incumbent Democratic district attorney, [[Emmett Fitzpatrick]], in the [[Partisan primary|primary election]]. Rendell ran a campaign that emphasized that he was new to politics and so was not tainted by its corruption.

As district attorney, Rendell reportedly<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Rendell__Edward.html|title=Edward Rendell|website=pabook2.libraries.psu.edu|access-date=2016-11-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129083225/http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Rendell__Edward.html|archive-date=2016-11-29}}</ref> had a mean temper while doing his job. Once, he yelled in the governor's face for releasing a certain prisoner. It has been said that Rendell would even punch walls or throw furniture when he became upset. In 1980, Rendell received 28 delegate votes for [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]]<ref name="VP_OurCampaigns">{{cite web|title=US Vice President - D Convention|publisher=Our Campaigns|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=59872|access-date=March 15, 2011}}</ref> at the [[1980 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention]], although he was not a candidate. He served two terms as DA before leaving in [[1986 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election|1986]] to run for governor of Pennsylvania.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/22/magazine/mayor-on-a-roll-ed-rendell.html|title=MAYOR ON A ROLL; Ed Rendell|last=Yagoda|first=Ben|date=1994-05-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He was defeated in the Democratic gubernatorial primary by [[Bob Casey Sr.|Bob Casey Sr]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/10/rendell-casey-hasnt-run-a-campaign-138867.html|title=Rendell: Casey hasn't run a campaign|last=Mahtesian|first=Charles|website=POLITICO|date=18 October 2012 |language=en|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref>

In 1982, during his second term, Rendell presided over the controversial [[Commonwealth v. Abu-Jamal|prosecution]] of [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]], resulting in a death sentence that was overturned in 2011. The [[1985 MOVE bombing|1985 bombing]] of the Black [[Intentional community|religious community]] [[MOVE (Philadelphia organization)|MOVE]] by the Philadelphia police also occurred during Rendell's tenure and killed 6 adults plus 5 children and caused a fire that left hundreds of neighbors homeless.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/05/18/407665820/why-did-we-forget-the-move-bombing|title=Why Have So Many People Never Heard Of The MOVE Bombing?|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=2016-11-29}}</ref>