NEW [Los Angeles] DA GASCON TO DECLINE PROSECUTION ON RANGE OF LOW-LEVEL CRIMES
NEW [Los Angeles] DA GASCON TO DECLINE PROSECUTION ON RANGE OF LOW-LEVEL CRIMES Posted on LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will no longer prosecute a range of misdemeanor crimes, from resisting arrest to drug possession to making criminal threats, according to a memo issued this week by new DA George Gascon. Gascon announced a sweeping range of reforms when he was sworn-in Monday, including no longer seeking the death penalty and not using gang enhancements for sentencing... (From Memo): DECLINATION POLICY DIRECTIVE The misdemeanor charges specified...