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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, Gascon has said that he won’t eliminate prior-conviction enhancements, gang enhancements, special ...

LA County DA George Gascon's 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 DA's office fought back tears as he criticized Gascon's Special Directive, which effectively ends cash bail, th...

Blagg says the family is reeling. "They're scared. There's 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, they're constantly going to have to look over their shoulders." Meanwhile, there's a movement within the district attorney's office to file a state bar complaint against Gascon. Roughly 800 deputy district attorneys are reportedly behind it. Deputy DA Jon Hatami spoke to Eyewitness News, saying Gascon's directive will impact horrific cases in a terrible way. ...

× 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 drop all special enhancements from prosecutions means some seriously violent people will likely be get...

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, Isauro Aguirre, Hatami revealed to reporters that one reason the case was so personal to him was b...