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Want to sit in on the Menendez brothers’ hearing? The lottery is Monday
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Want to sit in on the Menendez brothers’ hearing? The lottery is Monday

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Superior Court will be implementing a lottery system to manage the eager crowds vying to watch convicted murders Eric and Lyle Menendez return to the court to seek a downgrade to their charges, possibly leading to their release. Lottery tickets will be distributed outside the courthouse from 8 to 9 a.m. Monday and the drawing will be …

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Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release ahead of murder case review
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Family of Erik and Lyle Menendez call for their release ahead of murder case review

ABC  

Warning: This article discusses abuse. Multiple family members of convicted US killers Erik and Lyle Menendez have publicly pleaded for the brothers' release from prison, arguing they would not have received the same treatment in court today as they did when they were sentenced. The brothers have spent more than 30 years in jail, serving life sentences for the murder …

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Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction
3 months, 1 week ago

Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction

The Independent  

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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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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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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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Outspoken prosecutor who clashed with D.A. Gascón now target of internal investigation
2 years, 5 months ago

Outspoken prosecutor who clashed with D.A. Gascón now target of internal investigation

LA Times  

A prosecutor who clashed with Los Angeles County Dist. The investigation into Shea Sanna, a deputy district attorney, stems from allegations that he misused county resources, released confidential information and made inappropriate public statements, said Greg Smith, Sanna’s attorney. Blair said Sanna continually “misgendered” Tubbs in the weeks after that court hearing. While playing video in court of three Black …

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Sheriff Alex Villanueva's beef with Gascón, LAPD, BLM
2 years, 9 months ago

Sheriff Alex Villanueva's beef with Gascón, LAPD, BLM

LA Times  

The ostensible purpose of my sit-down with Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was to talk about his department’s Latino makeup and outlook. And “that whole crowd didn’t bother going into sheriff’s territory” during the Black Lives Matter rallies held in the summer of 2020 “because they knew what was waiting for them.” Villanueva said he was never invited to …

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Effort to recall L.A. County D.A. George Gascón fizzles out, but a retry is coming
3 years, 3 months ago

Effort to recall L.A. County D.A. George Gascón fizzles out, but a retry is coming

LA Times  

Desiree Andrade, left, whose son was killed in 2018, joins other crime victims and survivors, L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and former L.A. County Dist. George Gascón from office was all but certain to fall short, the campaign seeking the progressive prosecutor’s recall said Thursday it would relaunch its efforts later this year. The campaign — which struggled to attract …

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Union representing deputy district attorneys sues Gascón over enhancements policy
4 years ago

Union representing deputy district attorneys sues Gascón over enhancements policy

LA Times  

The union representing Los Angeles County deputy district attorneys on Wednesday sued Dist. Gascón’s policies have “placed line prosecutors in an ethical dilemma — follow the law, their oath, and their ethical obligations, or follow their superior’s orders,” wrote the union’s lawyer, Eric M. George. Gascón said he was extending to his deputies a “sincere invitation to join me in …

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