Former LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley and about a dozen former prosecutors have teamed up to provide pro bono representation to victims and their families being affected by current DA George Gascon's new directives.
By City News Service
Jan 7, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - One of two 18-year-old men charged, along with several juveniles, with fatally injuring a counselor who was trying to break up a fight at the South Los Angeles-area residential youth facility where he worked entered a not guilty plea today.
Keith Lewis was charged Tuesday, along with Nyier Mason, with the murder of David McKnight-Hillman, 25. Mason is due in a Los Angeles courtroom for arraignment Thursday.
The two young men who were both residents at the facility – could face up to 15 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office.
Four boys, ages 16 and 17, denied Juvenile Court petitions charging them with murder, according to the District Attorney s Office, which did not specify the potential punishment they could face. A directive issued shortly after new District Attorney George Gascon was sworn into office last month calls for prosecutors to immediately end the practice of sending youth to the adult court system.
Los Angeles County sheriff s deputies were called about 9:50 p.m. Saturday to 5300 Angeles Vista Blvd. in the unincorporated Windsor Hills area, the site of Wayfinder Family Services, a nonprofit organization that provides support services to children, adults and families, said Deputy Joana Warren.
By City News Service
Jan 7, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Arraignment is scheduled today for one of two 18-year-old men charged, along with several juveniles, with fatally injuring a counselor who was trying to break up a fight at the South Los Angeles-area residential youth facility where he worked.
Nyier Mason was charged Tuesday, along with Keith Lewis, with the murder of David McKnight-Hillman, 25. Lewis entered a not guilty plea on Wednesday.
The two young men who were both residents at the facility – could face up to 15 years to life in state prison if convicted as charged, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office.
Los Angeles County Appoints Its First Black CEO
By Sentinel News Service
Fesia Davenport (Courtesy photo)
Fesia Davenport was formally confirmed today as Los Angeles County’s first Black chief executive officer, one of a host of diverse senior appointments made by the Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Hilda Solis, who currently chairs the board, welcomed the new executives in a series of statements.
“I am proud to welcome a history-making, diverse and highly accomplished group of new department heads,” Solis said. “Ensuring equity and representation at the executive level is of paramount importance as we continue to serve and guide the nation’s most populous county through the most challenging period in our recent history.”