Hours after FOX 11 spoke with two siblings who are rape survivors, LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger is taking action to make sure the suspect who attacked the two victims won't be eligible for parole.
A New Year of Uncertainty Details
RANTZ & RAVEZ-Hello and happy 2021 to all Rantz & RaveZ readers.
Well, we made it through another year in spite of the COVID-19 factors that have changed our lives and imposed restrictions which we will continue to live under into the future. It is unknown when we will be able to return to a “normal” life and enjoy the freedom to travel without restrictions, dine at restaurants, and gather with friends and neighbors.
The first case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of California was confirmed on January 26, 2020. A state of emergency has been in place since March 4, 2020 and a mandatory statewide stay-at-home order was issued on March 19, 2020. Safety guidelines and restrictions were issues for all of us. We were all instructed to wear a mask when we venture out of your residence, wait in line to enter a store where the maximum capacity of shoppers is 20%, stand six feet apart, wash hands often, an
Paul Nader was sentenced to 48 years in prison Monday for kidnapping, beating and sexually assaulting a woman in Douglas County, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced.
Nader, a registered sex offender living in Colorado Springs, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and aggravated robbery in September.
“This defendant is unfit to be in society and unable to participate in the world,” the victim said during the sentencing on Monday.
“Each sex assault case is worse than the prior. I highly doubt the next victim will be as lucky as me.”
Nader, 32, kidnapped the woman on Aug. 14, 2018, forcing her into his vehicle at knifepoint outside of a coffee shop, prosecutors said.
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Last night I reported that, according to court transcripts from a December 15 proceeding, LA District Attorney George Gascon attempted, through his special advisor Mario Trujillo, to offer a “sweetheart” plea deal to Rudy Dominguez, a gang member charged with murdering one man and shooting another during a drive-by (neither of the victims were gang members). Trujillo didn’t talk to the prosecutor assigned to the case, but instead spoke to the then-assigned Deputy Public Defender, Tiffany Blacknell – who is a member of Gascon’s Public Policy Committee and who, according to multiple sources, is about to jump to Gascon’s staff as his Director of Community Relations.
LA County DA George Gascon s plan to reduce sentences sparks concern from his own prosecutors
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But today, Hatami says he feels targeted by new District Attorney George Gascon. A lot of DDAs (deputy district attorneys) are really scared, said Hatami. They are sending people to court to monitor what we say. They are working with the public defenders and alternate public defenders to intimidate us and document what we do and what we say.
The nearly 15-year veteran of the DA s office fought back tears as he criticized Gascon s Special Directive, which effectively ends cash bail, the death penalty and sentencing enhancements in all L.A. County prosecutions.