The event discussed the history of policing, systemic racism and Gascon’s first months as LA’s DA. (Nayeon Ryu | Daily Trojan)
After a summer of protests and discussions about policing in response to the Black Lives Matter movement, the election of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón who campaigned as one of the country’s most progressive district attorneys was a major victory for activists. Gascón promised significant changes to the criminal justice system, including the end of the death penalty in LA, the end of charging children as adults and the end of sentencing enhancements. But during his first few months in office, his policies received significant pushback, primarily from law enforcement officials and prosecutors.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascòn talks to Adrienne Alpert on Eyewitness Newsmakers, which aired Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. The residents of Los Angeles County, they need a lot of prayers, because they are in big trouble right now with this district attorney, Spitzer said at a news conference Monday. Those special directives are seriously misguided. It is a cookie cutter approach to justice and that has no place in our system.
But in a written statement, Gascón s office says the special enhancements were still in place, and Rasmuson was always facing life in prison. This was a heinous offense and this individual will not share the sidewalk with the rest of us, Gascón wrote. The defendant was always facing life in prison, making the rhetoric from tough-on-crime voices incredibly dangerous and entirely removed from reality. Splitting this case up or seeking the death penalty in a state with a moratorium would have dragged the victims through decades of legal p
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Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón goes against prosecutors and will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member charged in officer killing; Officer Boyer’s step-father Don Clark joins ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
Los Angeles District Attorney (DA) George Gascón said Friday he will not seek the death penalty for an admitted gang member who killed a police officer and his own cousin.
Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, is awaiting trial on charges stemming from Feb. 20, 2017.
One of Mejia’s victims was officer Keith Boyer, 53, who was responding to a report of a traffic collision in which Mejia had been involved.
Family of Murdered Boy Thankful LA DA’s Controversial Rules Were Blocked
The mother of a boy who was abducted and murdered in Orange County, California, in 1981 says she’s thankful that new charges have been filed against the alleged predator despite directives from Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón.
“We want to live to see this thing put to rest,” Connie Vargo, the mother of the boy told The Epoch Times.
“My goal is to have this over with, these things coming up like this, it’s very emotional for us. We relive that day over and over again. And these things come up and … it’s just heart-wrenching, and the hardest part is to think that he would ever be out again.”