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One Friday night four years ago, Fernando Rojo Jr., 26, was sharing a cooler of beer with friends outside his parents’ home in South Los Angeles when a white SUV pulled up in front of them. “Where you from?” someone in the car called out. Rojo and his five friends, who weren’t in a gang, didn’t respond. Their silence was met with gunfire. A bullet tore through Rojo’s back, piercing his heart. Two weeks ago, the man who prosecutors say was driving the SUV appeared in court for a hear...

Gascón adviser accused of offering sweetheart deal to gang murder suspect behind back of prosecutor LOS ANGELES - A special adviser to L.A. District Attorney George Gascón is being accused of going behind the backs of the prosecutor and victim family in a gang murder case to offer a secret "sweetheart" plea deal to the defendant in the case via his public defender, who serves of Gascón’s public policy committee. The alleged offer comes in the case of the People of the State of California...