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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced a change of course Friday, saying he’ll allow some exceptions to a recent directive limiting prosecutors from pursuing longer sentences for some violent criminals. Earlier this week, Gascon said he would allow no exceptions to his elimination of “enhancements,” a legal term used by lawyers to modify charges for reasons such as prior convictions, gang involvement, etc. Now, in a statement issued Friday afternoon from his office, ...

LA County DA George Gascons plan to reduce sentences sparks concern from his own prosecutors KABC Share: 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 DAs office f...

Blagg says the family is reeling. "Theyre scared. Theres still an 8 and 9-year-old child who were victimized as well who did survive," Blagg says. "With the potential for the suspect to be getting out after 25 years or less, depending, theyre constantly going to have to look over their shoulders." Meanwhile, theres a movement within the district attorneys office to file a state bar complaint against Gascon. Roughly 800 deputy district attorneys are reportedly behind it. Deputy DA Jon Hatami spo...

× Deputy DA criticizes his new boss George Gascon: ‘They are sending people to court to monitor what we say’ Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Deputy DA criticizes his new boss George Gascon: ‘They are sending people to court to monitor what we say’ John SextonPosted at 12:50 pm on December 16, 2020 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Yesterday I wrote about some of the impacts incoming District Attorney George Gascon was having on specific cases in LA County. Gascon’s decision to dr...

Deputy DA Jon Hatami, Credit: YouTube Screenshot As one of three members assigned to the LA County District Attorney’s complex child abuse unit Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami prosecutes the most heinous and heartbreaking cases that come into the office. Between 2013 and 2018 Hatami was the lead prosecutor for one of the most infamous child abuse cases in Los Angeles history, the torture and murder of Gabriel Fernandez. After winning a conviction against Fernandez’s mother’s boyfriend...