LA County DA urges President Biden to end federal death penalty  • Long Beach Post News
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón—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. - ADVERTISEMENT - 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.” Gascón is among seven district ...