Crime victims families lash out at LA County DA George Gascon over new policies
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) Loved ones of Los Angeles County crime victims are blasting new District Attorney George Gascon s move to lessen charges filed against those accused of violent crimes.
Immediately after taking office, Gascon issued a special directive that effectively ends cash bail, the death penalty and sentencing enhancements in L.A. County prosecutions. Critics say the directive is a blanket requirement that will release violent offenders back onto the street where they could reoffend. He s running a social experiment that is dangerous for all of us because his whole goal is to release all these criminals out there in the street, and somehow they re magically going to behave. And that simply isn t going to happen, said attorney Samuel Dordulian, who is representing several families of crime victims.
LA County DA drops special circumstances against man who shot a police deputy (Update)
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John SextonPosted at 5:42 pm on December 15, 2020
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As Jazz pointed out last week, LA County has a new District Attorney. Immediately upon taking office George Gascon announced that he would be doing away with the death penalty, cash bail and special circumstances enhancements which add additional jail time in certain cases. Now we’re starting to see what that will mean in some actual cases. The families of the victims are not happy about it.
NEW: Under new D.A. George Gascon’s reforms, I’ve confirmed his office is trying to dismiss all enhancements & special circumstances against the alleged double murderer/cop killer accused of shooting LASD deputy Gilbert Solano in the back of his head. His sister is irate. @FOXLApic.twitter.com/SxnPiOuRPG