12-07-2020, 10:51 PM
As predicted, once uber progressive zealot Gascon won the DA race Los Angeles County would be eff'ed.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/12/07/la-county-da-gascon-cash-bail-death-penalty/
Some highlights;
Attorneys who have clients behind bars awaiting trial on any of the affected offenses can immediately schedule a hearing to revisit bail and his office won’t contest their release.
Gascon, 66, also told reporters he is taking the death penalty “off the table” and will seek to re-sentence inmates on death row to life in prison.
The former San Francisco prosecutor also declared he won’t file any gang enhancements in criminal complaints, saying they undermine rehabilitation, exacerbate racial inequities and unnecessarily crowd jails and prisons.
He also pledged to immediately end the practice of charging minors as adults, and will make victims’ services available to families of those shot and killed by law enforcement officers.
There's a lot more that's a lot worse, but I can't post them here as they rely on documents I cannot freely post here. Suffice to say that juveniles will now be able to run rampant. The most a juvenile offender will be able to get for murder is a nine month camp commitment. Juveniles will no longer be charged with misdemeanor offenses, so they can shoplift and vandalize with impunity. While I am insanely grateful I have moved out of that county I can't help but feel that my entire professional life has been in service to nothing. I feel the worst for the myriad victims of crime that these "progressive" policies will cause, the lives that will be lost and the lives disrupted by injury and financial loss. I can honestly say that this day is the lowest of my professional life. Before any of my detractors use this situation to gloat, please remember the victims of these crimes. They didn't deserve this, even if they mistakenly voted for this garbage human being.
EDIT:
I forgot to add this little nugget:
As that city’s lead prosecutor, Gascon authored a ballot measure to reduce some felonies to misdemeanors, including some thefts, which led San Francisco to have the nation’s highest property crime rate per capita in the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2020/12/07/la-county-da-gascon-cash-bail-death-penalty/
Some highlights;
Attorneys who have clients behind bars awaiting trial on any of the affected offenses can immediately schedule a hearing to revisit bail and his office won’t contest their release.
Gascon, 66, also told reporters he is taking the death penalty “off the table” and will seek to re-sentence inmates on death row to life in prison.
The former San Francisco prosecutor also declared he won’t file any gang enhancements in criminal complaints, saying they undermine rehabilitation, exacerbate racial inequities and unnecessarily crowd jails and prisons.
He also pledged to immediately end the practice of charging minors as adults, and will make victims’ services available to families of those shot and killed by law enforcement officers.
There's a lot more that's a lot worse, but I can't post them here as they rely on documents I cannot freely post here. Suffice to say that juveniles will now be able to run rampant. The most a juvenile offender will be able to get for murder is a nine month camp commitment. Juveniles will no longer be charged with misdemeanor offenses, so they can shoplift and vandalize with impunity. While I am insanely grateful I have moved out of that county I can't help but feel that my entire professional life has been in service to nothing. I feel the worst for the myriad victims of crime that these "progressive" policies will cause, the lives that will be lost and the lives disrupted by injury and financial loss. I can honestly say that this day is the lowest of my professional life. Before any of my detractors use this situation to gloat, please remember the victims of these crimes. They didn't deserve this, even if they mistakenly voted for this garbage human being.
EDIT:
I forgot to add this little nugget:
As that city’s lead prosecutor, Gascon authored a ballot measure to reduce some felonies to misdemeanors, including some thefts, which led San Francisco to have the nation’s highest property crime rate per capita in the U.S., according to the Associated Press.
