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Endorsement: Reelect Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón
3 months ago

Endorsement: Reelect Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Dist. Four years ago, Los Angeles County voters elected George Gascón to take their district attorney’s office in a bold and constructive new direction. Now voters must decide whether to stick with Gascón’s reform orientation or step backward into a failed mindset in which justice is defined by the toughest charges and the longest sentences. Before he …

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George Gascón: Justice reformer, recall survivor
6 months, 1 week ago

George Gascón: Justice reformer, recall survivor

LA Times  

On his first day in office, Los Angeles County Dist. George Gascón gave a speech that criminal justice reform advocates hailed as heroic, but many police officers and prosecutors took it as the end of public safety in L.A. Gascón, 70, imploded the entrenched tough-on-crime mentality of his predecessors Jackie Lacey and Steve Cooley, saying he would do away with …

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When prosecutor is defendant: L.A. D.A. George Gascón’s legal battles with his own staff
6 months, 3 weeks ago

When prosecutor is defendant: L.A. D.A. George Gascón’s legal battles with his own staff

LA Times  

He was elected to be Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor, but George Gascón has spent a considerable amount of his first term as a defendant. Many of the suits allege prosecutors were punished for refusing to implement policies they considered “illegal,” including Gascón’s edicts stopping prosecutors from seeking the death penalty or life without parole in murder cases, filing certain …

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Gascón loses retaliation case, a grim omen for the L.A. County D.A.
1 year, 10 months ago

Gascón loses retaliation case, a grim omen for the L.A. County D.A.

LA Times  

An L.A. County prosecutor on Monday was awarded $1.5 million in a retaliation lawsuit against Dist. Shawn Randolph, the former head of the juvenile division of the district attorney’s office, claimed she was shuttled off to the parole division for pushing back against some of Gascón’s shifts to the handling of criminal cases involving minors, including his blanket ban on …

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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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Former chief of staff sues L.A. D.A. George Gascón for retaliation
2 years, 1 month ago

Former chief of staff sues L.A. D.A. George Gascón for retaliation

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Dist. Victoria Adams, an assistant district attorney who has spent more than 35 years working for the office, filed the complaint Thursday, accusing Gascón of demoting her after she questioned a number of his policies and decisions, including the handling of the controversial Hannah Tubbs case. Adams alleged she was replaced as chief of staff by Joseph …

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Woman whose sex assault case tested D.A. Gascón’s policy on juveniles is charged with murder
2 years, 8 months ago

Woman whose sex assault case tested D.A. Gascón’s policy on juveniles is charged with murder

LA Times  

George Gascón, shown at a news conference last year, later retreated from his all-or-nothing rule against trying juveniles as adults. George Gascón’s policy of not trying juveniles as adults has been charged with murder and robbery in Kern County, authorities there said. Tubbs was allowed to plead guilty in Los Angeles County’s juvenile court and sentenced to two years in …

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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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Los Angeles County D.A. modifies policy on juvenile cases in wake of controversy
2 years, 10 months ago

Los Angeles County D.A. modifies policy on juvenile cases in wake of controversy

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Dist. George Gascón has modified his blanket ban on trying juveniles as adults due to a pending state Supreme Court case and continuing backlash over a decision to allow a 26-year-old to plead guilty to sexually assaulting a child in juvenile court last month. The document also directs prosecutors to notify Woo of cases where a defendant …

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Adult who, at 17, sexually assaulted child is sentenced to juvenile facility
2 years, 11 months ago

Adult who, at 17, sexually assaulted child is sentenced to juvenile facility

LA Times  

George Gascon has drawn criticism for choosing not to seek to try Hannah Tubbs in adult court. Absent a request from the prosecution to transfer the case to adult court, Barrera said he was “extremely limited” in the sentence he could impose on Tubbs for the sexual assault. After the two-year sentence was imposed, lawyers for the Los Angeles County …

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Los Angeles DA George Gascón expands diversion program to drop criminal charges
3 years ago

Los Angeles DA George Gascón expands diversion program to drop criminal charges

Daily Mail  

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is expanding a program to drop criminal proceedings against juveniles charged with a range of felonies, according to a leaked memo. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is expanding a program to drop criminal proceedings against juveniles charged with a range of felonies The Restorative Enhanced Diversion for Youth program was launched as a …

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Restorative justice or justice denied? With D.A. Gascón, teens tried as adults get a second chance
3 years, 4 months ago

Restorative justice or justice denied? With D.A. Gascón, teens tried as adults get a second chance

LA Times  

Guillermo Orellana, left, and his father, Pedro Orellana, wear shirts in tribute to Kevin Orellana — their brother and son, respectively — who was murdered at age 18 in 2013. Alisa Blair, a former public defender who serves as Gascón’s special advisor on juvenile cases, said the teen charged in Kevin Orellana’s death was remorseful and immediately confessed to police …

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L.A. County Democrats endorse Gascón in competitive district attorney’s race
5 years, 1 month ago

L.A. County Democrats endorse Gascón in competitive district attorney’s race

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Democrats endorsed former San Francisco Dist. George Gascón over incumbent Jackie Lacey on Tuesday night, intensifying what’s expected to be a hard-fought race to determine who will serve as the county’s top prosecutor beyond 2020. Gascón, a former Los Angeles police officer who is seen as one of the most progressive prosecutors in the nation, won 79% …

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