“Where the physical injury personally inflicted upon the victim is extensive”
“Where the type of weapon or manner in which a deadly or dangerous weapon including firearms is used exhibited an extreme and immediate threat to human life”
“I recognize there are some victims that want this office to seek the maximum sentence permissible in their case, but punishment must be in the community’s best interest, proportional, and it must serve a rehabilitative or restorative purpose,” Gascón said in Friday’s statement.
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The amendment comes less than two weeks after Gascón released a flurry of nine special directives to his deputy D.A.’s. This included Special Directive 20-08, directed his deputy D.A.s to no longer seek to apply sentence enhancements, which lengthen a prison sentence when certain additional requirements are met.
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$1 Million Settlement Reached in Santa Monica Hotel Case
Dec. 16, 2020 at 4:44 pm
The owners of a luxury hotel built in Santa Monica without the required permits have agreed to pay a total of $1 million in penalties and restitution, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced today.
The final judgment, approved Dec. 14 by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anthony Mohr, provides discounted and affordable room rates.
“The planning and permitting process ensures our community has the opportunity to provide input into what our neighborhoods look and feel like for decades to come,” said Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. “When that process is subverted, some of us are making decisions for all of us.”
Albert Corado (right), the father of Melyda Corado, seen in a portrait with her brother Albert Corado Jr. His daughter, assistant manager of a Trader Joe s in Los Angeles, was killed by a police bullet when an armed suspect fled into the store in July 2018. Damian Dovarganes / AP
Originally published on December 16, 2020 2:34 pm
Two Los Angeles police officers will not face criminal charges in the 2018 shootout at a Trader Joe s store that injured the armed suspect the officers were pursuing, and resulted in the death of the store s assistant manager.
In a newly released memorandum from the Los Angeles County District Attorney s Office, prosecutors determined the officers were justified in using deadly force because they were trying to protect themselves and the public.