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Sacramento County s chief prosecutor said she won t work with LA on joint cases due LADA George Gascon s reforms criticized as too lenient. (Shutterstock)
LOS ANGELES, CA Sacramento County s chief prosecutor has informed Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon that her office will no longer grant him jurisdiction over any crimes that involve Sacramento County because of Gascon s special directives that have been criticized by victims advocates as too soft on crime.
Gascon campaigned on criminal-justice reform, but many were taken aback by the lengths he went to when he announced upon taking office that prosecutors would no longer pursue the death penalty, try juveniles as adults, seek cash bail for misdemeanor and non-serious, non-violent felonies, or add gang and other enhancements to criminal complaints.
Former LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley and about a dozen former prosecutors have teamed up to provide pro bono representation to victims and their families being affected by current DA George Gascon's new directives.
Your Special Directives are not just extreme but will undoubtedly wreak havoc on crime victims and their Constitutional rights, the letter said. Your lack of concern for their rights and safety concerns me greatly. Additionally, because crime has no boundaries, these Special Directives will have far greater impact than on Los Angeles County alone. Rather, victims across California will be negatively impacted and the safety of all Californians will be jeopardized. …you are hereby notified that, as the Elected District Attorney of Sacramento County, I will never grant you jurisdiction over any crimes that involve Sacramento County while these policies of your remain in place.
In a letter sent to Gascon's office Monday, District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert characterized many of the directives as “illegal and unconstitutional.''
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