SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer announced a set of guiding principles Wednesday to address systemic racism in the criminal justice system. We as a society have engaged in systemic mass incarceration, Spitzer said. As a prosecutor, I will stop it. We as a society have prosecuted people of color differently. As a prosecutor, I will stop it. We cannot fix a systematic problem without a systematic approach, he said. That approach must be thoughtful, thorough, and include different perspectives, different experiences, and different ideas. Justice is not evidenced by the longest sentence; justice is what is best for the individual, the victim, and society as a whole.
By City News Service
Jan 23, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon who has issued a directive against seeking the death penalty against defendants in murder cases being prosecuted in the county is among more than 100 people to call on President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of all federal death row inmates.
The county s new top prosecutor joined the letter s author, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, in urging the president to ``begin your administration with an act of mercy that would carry our nation closer toward justice.
Gascon is among seven district attorneys, commonwealth attorneys and state s attorneys who signed the letter, which calls a death sentence ``both flawed and irrevocable and ``an instrument of racial bias, disproportionately taking the lives of Black and brown people.
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The sister of a man who was shot and killed by a juvenile gang member is outraged after the motion to have him prosecuted as an adult was withdrawn by District Attorney George Gascón as part of his new reforms, despite the fact that the murderer has continued to post his allegiance to his gang on social media while in custody.
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New Los Angeles County DA George Gascón addresses criticism over new directives
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Gascon addresses criticism over new directives
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon who is under fire less than two weeks into his term from families of some crime victims for directives that are expected to result in lower sentences in many cases said on Wednesday he s troubled by what he called fear-mongering and vowed that those who are prosecuted under his administration will face accountability.
With calls already underway for a recall attempt, the county s newly seated top prosecutor defended his decision to ask for the dismissal of sentencing enhancements that can add extra time to defendants sentences and said there is ample evidence sentencing enhancements do not necessarily make us any safer.
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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon who is under fire less than two weeks into his term from families of some crime victims for directives that are expected to result in lower sentences in many cases said today he s “troubled by what he called “fear-mongering and vowed that those who are prosecuted under his administration will face accountability.
With calls already underway for a recall attempt, the county s newly seated top prosecutor defended his decision to ask for the dismissal of sentencing enhancements that can add extra time to defendants sentences and said there is “ample evidence sentencing enhancements do not necessarily make us any safer.