Prosecutors aren’t even seeking life in prison without the possibility of parole – pursuant to a Special Directive Gascon issued Monday. That directive says (in part):
Special Circumstances allegations resulting in an LWOP [Life Without Parole] sentence shall not be filed, will not be used for sentencing, and shall be dismissed or withdrawn from the charging document;
Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. is charged with two counts of murder and two counts of child abuse and is facing “a maximum of 57 years to life,” according to a press release issued by the District Attorney’s office. That’s because each murder charge carries a sentence of 25 years to life, and the child abuse charges add an additional seven years maximum exposure. So, if convicted of both murders, Taylor would be eligible for parole after just 25 years if the sentences were run concurrently instead of consecutively – which is probably what Gascon would order his Deputy DA’s to argue for.