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Column: Gascón, ousted as L.A. County top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy
1 month, 1 week ago

Column: Gascón, ousted as L.A. County top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Dist. “I had people calling me two months after Gascón won asking, ‘Why is crime going up?’ He hadn’t even gotten into office yet,” civil rights attorney Connie Rice told me Thursday. “He didn’t come in and say, ‘Anyone who needs to be charged for a violent third strike will be charged, but what I am going …

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Why California Voters Rejected Criminal Justice Reform
1 month, 1 week ago

Why California Voters Rejected Criminal Justice Reform

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In the past decade, California’s incarceration rate has dropped about 30%. “The other side co-opted reform messaging,” said Anne Irwin, the director of Smart Justice California, a progressive criminal justice reform group. “Those are an anomaly, they happen, they are part of the public consciousness, but going forward those aren’t necessarily the people who are going to …

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Letters to the Editor: I voted for George Gascón in 2020. I’m glad to see him defeated in 2024.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: I voted for George Gascón in 2020. I’m glad to see him defeated in 2024.

LA Times  

To the editor: In the 2020 election, I voted for George Gascón for district attorney in the hope that he might reform the justice system in Los Angeles County and take a more humane approach to those arrested, especially the many minority youths caught up in it. The outgoing district attorney, defeated by Nathan Hochman, never seemed to grasp the …

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California voters turn away from progressive criminal justice policies
1 month, 2 weeks ago

California voters turn away from progressive criminal justice policies

China Daily  

By RENA LI in Los Angeles | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-11-08 12:14 In a rebuke of progressive criminal justice policies, California voters on Tuesday rejected a lenient approach by some elected officials and also approved an anti-crime ballot question. From Los Angeles to Oakland, election results showed that Californians are prioritizing public safety, in a shift toward more traditional approaches …

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Editorial: California doesn’t have to choose between public safety and criminal justice reform
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: California doesn’t have to choose between public safety and criminal justice reform

LA Times  

California voters decided this week to roll back criminal justice reforms and appeared to be ousting progressive prosecutors in Los Angeles and Alameda counties, effectively reversing decisions they made as recently as 2020 and 2022. While the approval of Proposition 36 and the loss of two reform-minded district attorneys are setbacks, a broader outlook suggests public opinion still favors a …

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Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among California voters
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among California voters

LA Times  

The 2024 election results in California include the passage of a tough-on-crime ballot measure, along with confirmed or likely defeats for two progressive district attorneys and an initiative to give prisoners more labor rights. Dan Schnur, a former advisor to Republican politicians in California who teaches political communications at USC, said that since the last election, “the culture in both …

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Challenger Emerges in Los Angeles District Attorney Race, Reflecting Discontent with Criminal Justice Reform
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Challenger Emerges in Los Angeles District Attorney Race, Reflecting Discontent with Criminal Justice Reform

Associated Press  

A tough-on-crime challenger, Nathan Hochman, has emerged in the Los Angeles District Attorney race. Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, criticizes Gascón's policies and argues that they have gone too far. He has raised more than $4 million compared to Gascón's less than $1 million. The election is scheduled for November 5, 2024.

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‘Not even close’: Hochman’s lead over Gascón grows to 30% in new D.A.’s race poll
2 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Not even close’: Hochman’s lead over Gascón grows to 30% in new D.A.’s race poll

LA Times  

With less than a month remaining before the Nov. 5 election, challenger Nathan Hochman is 30 percentage points ahead of incumbent Los Angeles County Dist. Of those who support Hochman, past president of the L.A. City Ethics Commission and assistant U.S. attorney general, 66% said an “extremely important” factor was the need to “reduce turmoil and bring needed change to …

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Californians' crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Californians' crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs

The Independent  

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Californians’ crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Californians’ crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, Alley Bean joined 3.7 million Californians in voting for a measure that downgraded many nonviolent felony crimes to misdemeanors, such as petty shoplifting and drug use, hoping it would lead to a more equitable criminal justice system and help end mass incarceration. “I thought …

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Why progressive DAs are losing their grip on the West Coast
7 months ago

Why progressive DAs are losing their grip on the West Coast

Politico  

Similar voter frustration has emerged in California, with Alameda’s DA Pamela Price facing a recall, and Los Angeles’ George Gascón fighting for reelection. “Multnomah County and LA County are 600 miles apart and worlds different,” said political strategist Jim Ross, who worked on Boudin’s anti-recall campaign, adding though that the Portland outcome “is an indication, I think that Gascón is …

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Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón advances to runoff
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón advances to runoff

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — One of the country’s most progressive prosecutors, George Gascón, has advanced to a runoff in his reelection bid for Los Angeles County’s district attorney, surviving a primary race that pit him against 11 challengers. Gascón will compete in November against the second highest vote-getter from Tuesday’s primary in the race to lead an agency that prosecutes cases …

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Endorsement: Reelect George Gascón as Los Angeles County district attorney
11 months ago

Endorsement: Reelect George Gascón as Los Angeles County district attorney

LA Times  

George Gascón was elected Los Angeles County district attorney in 2020, a convulsive year in which Americans’ lives were upended by the pandemic and public confidence in the criminal justice system was shaken by the murder of George Floyd. He is the only Los Angeles County district attorney in the last century, and perhaps ever, to step into the job …

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Frustration and criticism as L.A. County D.A. struggles to reform sentencing
1 year, 4 months ago

Frustration and criticism as L.A. County D.A. struggles to reform sentencing

LA Times  

Barry Hawes was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a shooting in which there was never proof he fired a gun. Tiffiny Blacknell, a spokesperson for Gascón’s office, defended the resentencing initiative and said the number of people who’ve benefited is “greatly multiplied” if expanded to include the work of other units in the office. “It’s much easier to …

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A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates’ families
1 year, 8 months ago

A California lawyer cashed in on criminal justice reform by fanning the hopes of inmates’ families

LA Times  

When California enacted landmark criminal justice reforms several years ago, inmates and their families saw a chance at freedom. “He said he was the top attorney.” Whatever its basis, Spolin’s promotional material impressed people like Amanda Allen, whose then-husband, Johnte, was serving life without parole for a 2006 murder in Bakersfield. Spolin, he said, remarked that the pay was “at …

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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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Column: Why L.A., not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California
2 years, 6 months ago

Column: Why L.A., not San Francisco, could become the most progressive city in California

LA Times  

In an election year supposedly defined by the public’s anxiety over rising crime and diminishing law enforcement, Los Angeles is on the verge of electing its first abolitionist City Council member. “This progressive surge has made itself competitive,” said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of Cal State L.A.’s Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs. “People haven’t realized that L.A. has become …

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San Francisco’s bitter D.A. recall could set back national justice reform movement
2 years, 6 months ago

San Francisco’s bitter D.A. recall could set back national justice reform movement

LA Times  

Chesa Boudin, who was elected in 2019 as part of a movement to elect district attorneys who seek to reimagine public safety and the role of a prosecutor, faces a recall Tuesday. Boudin’s 2½-year tenure as San Francisco’s top prosecutor has resembled the “knife fight in a phone booth” adage often used to describe Bay Area politics. Boudin’s supporters have …

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The George Gascón factor in L.A. mayor’s race: Caruso, Buscaino back the recall
2 years, 9 months ago

The George Gascón factor in L.A. mayor’s race: Caruso, Buscaino back the recall

LA Times  

George Gascón, shown in December, is the target of a second recall drive. On Monday, real estate developer Rick Caruso joined City Councilman Joe Buscaino in backing the second attempt to recall the county’s top prosecutor in as many years. USC law professor Jody David Armour said the Gascón recall campaign was playing a kind of proxy role in the …

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L.A. County D.A. to dismiss 60,000 past marijuana convictions
3 years, 2 months ago

L.A. County D.A. to dismiss 60,000 past marijuana convictions

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Dist. The nation’s largest prosecutor’s office is moving to dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana, Los Angeles County Dist. About 20,000 of the convictions expected to be expunged under Gascón’s Monday order were for …

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Who is a crime victim? California recall election intensifies painful divide over reform
3 years, 3 months ago

Who is a crime victim? California recall election intensifies painful divide over reform

LA Times  

Marc Klaas, left, speaks at a media event to recall Gov. Black and brown survivors, she said, are marginalized because they don’t fit the perceived notion of an “innocent victim” and are often pressured to share their stories in support of law enforcement efforts. “I didn’t feel like any of the spaces that were supposed to be about victims and …

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Suspect in 2016 killing of L.A. County sheriff’s sergeant pleads guilty
3 years, 8 months ago

Suspect in 2016 killing of L.A. County sheriff’s sergeant pleads guilty

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Sara Rodriguez places portraits of Sgt. A man accused of gunning down a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sergeant and nearly running over another deputy in 2016 pleaded guilty to murder Thursday and is expected to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole under the terms of a plea deal next month, officials …

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Los Angeles DA faces resistance for criminal justice reforms
3 years, 8 months ago

Los Angeles DA faces resistance for criminal justice reforms

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Minutes after George Gascón was sworn in as Los Angeles County district attorney, he fulfilled a promise to institute sweeping criminal justice reform, sending a lengthy memo ordering prosecutors to stop seeking longer prison sentences, among other changes. But that’s where we are because he is being really steadfast in his commitment to those reforms that we …

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D.A. Gascón seeks information on officers with histories of misconduct in latest reform move
3 years, 10 months ago

D.A. Gascón seeks information on officers with histories of misconduct in latest reform move

LA Times  

George Gascón has requested that law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles County provide his office with the names of deputies and officers who have histories of misconduct that might affect their credibility in court. The letter cites an August 2019 decision in which the California Supreme Court ruled that the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, as well as other law enforcement …

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