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Column: Gascón, ousted as L.A. County top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy
1 month 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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Suspect in rape of 12-year-old Culver City girl faces life in prison
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Suspect in rape of 12-year-old Culver City girl faces life in prison

LA Times  

Marcos Maldonado faces life in prison after he allegedly broke into a Culver City home and sexually assaulted a child last month. A 35-year-old Kern County resident accused of breaking into a Culver City home last month and raping a 12-year-old girl could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted, Los Angeles County Dist. Culver City Police …

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Hornets forward Miles Bridges pleads not guilty to domestic violence, child abuse charges
2 years, 5 months ago

Hornets forward Miles Bridges pleads not guilty to domestic violence, child abuse charges

New York Times  

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was charged with one felony count of injuring a child's parent and two felony counts of child abuse, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday. "Domestic violence creates physical, mental and emotional trauma that has a lasting impact on survivors,” Gascón said in a release. Mr. Bridges will be held accountable for his …

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Man accused of attacking Dave Chappelle charged with unrelated attempted murder
2 years, 7 months ago

Man accused of attacking Dave Chappelle charged with unrelated attempted murder

LA Times  

The man accused of attacking comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl earlier this month was charged Thursday with attempted murder in connection with a stabbing last year. George Gascón said “the publicity generated by the attack on Mr. Chappelle” led the victim in the stabbing to identify Lee to Los Angeles police detectives. The district attorney’s office …

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Woman whose sex assault case tested D.A. Gascón’s policy on juveniles is charged with murder
2 years, 7 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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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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Inside George Gascon’s justice revolution, a debate over what it is to be a crime victim
3 years, 7 months ago

Inside George Gascon’s justice revolution, a debate over what it is to be a crime victim

LA Times  

Mary Smay holds a photo of her murdered son, Juan Vidal, while Vidal’s nieces Amaya Rivera, 3, and Alia Rivera, 8, right, join other family and community members at a vigil for crime victims at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles. So, when we are prosecuting cases, or we are applying our discretion, we should do so through …

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Suspect’s plea deal in child-murder case marks latest battle over L.A. County D.A.’s policies
3 years, 10 months ago

Suspect’s plea deal in child-murder case marks latest battle over L.A. County D.A.’s policies

LA Times  

George Gascón, right, speaks to the media in March, when he was a candidate for Los Angeles County district attorney. A convicted child rapist who sexually abused and murdered two young boys in Southern California in the 1980s will spend the rest of his life in prison under a plea deal reached in a Pomona courtroom Monday, ending a case …

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