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Gascón gave teen killer second chance — now she’s charged again
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gascón gave teen killer second chance — now she’s charged again

LA Times  

The crime Shanice Amanda Dyer committed as a 17-year-old was as horrific as it was seemingly random. Although Gascón’s juvenile policy is in line with a broader movement to keep youths out of adult prisons in California — where only a dozen teens were tried in adult court last year — Dyer could have faced life in prison for the …

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D.A.’s office withheld decision in excessive force case to affect sheriff’s race, lawsuit says
1 year, 1 month ago

D.A.’s office withheld decision in excessive force case to affect sheriff’s race, lawsuit says

LA Times  

A close advisor to Los Angeles County Dist. George Gascón allegedly delayed announcing the decision not to file criminal charges in a high-profile excessive force case because of its potential effect on then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s reelection bid, according to a lawsuit filed late Friday. Pentz said Diana Teran, who oversees the district attorney’s office unit that handles prosecutions of police …

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Signatures of hundreds of dead people were found in D.A. Gascón recall petition
1 year, 9 months ago

Signatures of hundreds of dead people were found in D.A. Gascón recall petition

LA Times  

A truck carrying more than 700,000 petition signatures in a recall effort to remove Los Angeles County Dist. According to the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office, a review of the petition found 367 signatures of people who had died before the recall effort was launched. But the Recall District Attorney George Gascon campaign, which has accused the registrar’s office of wrongly invalidating …

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In grisly case that D.A. Gascón said he ‘lost sleep’ over, suspect won’t be tried as adult
1 year, 10 months ago

In grisly case that D.A. Gascón said he ‘lost sleep’ over, suspect won’t be tried as adult

LA Times  

A man accused of gunning down his 16-year-old girlfriend and her sister before setting their Westchester apartment on fire when he was a teenager in 2018 will not be tried as an adult, bringing an end to one of the most controversial cases of the early part of Los Angeles County Dist. Facing mounting pressure over his office’s handling of …

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George Gascón recall effort had good chance to win had it made the ballot, poll finds
2 years, 3 months ago

George Gascón recall effort had good chance to win had it made the ballot, poll finds

LA Times  

Had it made the ballot, a recall effort against Los Angeles County Dist. George Gascón got a lucky break when his opponents failed to gather enough valid signatures to put a recall on the ballot. Registered voters surveyed this month were favoring a recall 41% to 20% with the rest undecided, according to the UC Berkeley Institute for Governmental Studies …

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Recall election aimed at LA prosecutor fails to make ballot
2 years, 4 months ago

Recall election aimed at LA prosecutor fails to make ballot

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A high-profile attempt to recall a progressive district attorney in the nation’s most populous county has failed, after organizers were unable to collect sufficient, valid petition signatures to place the proposal before voters, election officials said Monday. In a region that has seen rising crime rates and brazen smash-and-grab robberies and home invasions, Los Angeles County District …

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Effort to force L.A. Dist. Atty. George Gascón into recall election fails
2 years, 4 months ago

Effort to force L.A. Dist. Atty. George Gascón into recall election fails

LA Times  

A second effort to force Los Angeles County Dist. George Gascón into a recall election fizzled out Monday after officials determined that the campaign to boot him from office failed to gain enough valid signatures. “With enough money, you can get 10% of signatures on just about anything, and there’s no doubt at all that over 10% of voters in …

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Editorial: Now that a second recall effort has failed, let George Gascón do the work he was elected to do
2 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Now that a second recall effort has failed, let George Gascón do the work he was elected to do

LA Times  

Now that a second attempt to recall Los Angeles County Dist. An effort last year to gather the needed 566,857 valid voter signatures to put a recall on the ballot barely got off the ground for lack of money, but the second attempt was well funded and culminated in petitions being sent to virtually every registered voter in Los Angeles …

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Campaign to recall D.A. Gascón has submitted thousands of signatures. What happens now?
2 years, 5 months ago

Campaign to recall D.A. Gascón has submitted thousands of signatures. What happens now?

LA Times  

South Bay field manager Karen Shonka, front, volunteers Ana and Mark Brown, and Gateway Cities field manager Gerald Sirotnak, right, open envelopes and separate mailed-in items at a recall campaign office on June 1. There were 5,668,570 registered voters in L.A. County in November 2020, when Gascón ousted two-term incumbent Jackie Lacey to become top prosecutor, according to the registrar’s …

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After San Francisco, will L.A. County D.A. Gascón be recalled next? Inside the final push
2 years, 6 months ago

After San Francisco, will L.A. County D.A. Gascón be recalled next? Inside the final push

LA Times  

Los Angeles County’s progressive district attorney, George Gascón, has been the subject of intense criticism since he was elected in 2020. But in the last six months, a string of controversies, an open revolt among Gascón’s own prosecutors and rising concerns about crime and homelessness in Los Angeles have left Gascón vulnerable and helped a second recall campaign collect more …

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Los Angeles County D.A. Gascón backtracks on policies on juveniles, life sentences
2 years, 10 months ago

Los Angeles County D.A. Gascón backtracks on policies on juveniles, life sentences

LA Times  

Los Angeles County prosecutors can now seek to try juveniles as adults and pursue life sentences against defendants in certain cases, according to memos issued Friday by Dist. When he first took office in late 2020, Gascón made waves by immediately banning prosecutors from seeking the death penalty or life sentences without the possibility of parole, while also severely limiting …

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