Posted on 01/01/2021 7:46:55 PM PST by MarvinStinson
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys of Los Angeles County sued newly-installed, George Soros-backed DA George Gascón over his recent orders to reduce sentence enhancements for certain crimes.
Gascón took office earlier this month and immediately announced radical changes, including end to cash bail, ban on the death penalty, and prohibition on extended sentences for exacerbating circumstances, such as using a gun or belonging to a gang.
The new rules affected ongoing cases, such as a double murder, including that of L.A. Sherrif’s Deputy Gilbert Solano. After intense public outcry from the officer’s family, Gascón restored some enhancements, though only for a limited set of circumstances.
The ADDA lawsuit seeks an injunction against Gascón’s new policy, saying that it violates California state law.
"As detailed in the lawsuit, the directives violate California law, which imposes a mandatory duty on prosecutors to plead and prove strike priors. Dismissals of those priors can only be based on individual circumstances, not a blanket policy. Similarly, special circumstance allegations that will result in a life without parole sentence cannot be dismissed under the section cited by the directive.
“Los Angeles County prosecutors have been placed in an impossible position. Do we follow our legal and ethical responsibilities and risk getting disciplined, even fired, by our new boss? Or do we follow his policy directives and risk losing our California State Bar Cards and, by extension, our ability to practice law anywhere in the state?”
Gascón cited an editorial in the Los Angeles Times praising him and calling on the state to reform its “irrational” laws on enhancing sentences.
Gascón is one of several left-wing prosecutors backed by Soros in recent elections. He previously served as district attorney in San Francisco, during a rise in petty crime that made the city notorious for its deterioration.
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Gascon is a mentally ill leftist. What more needs to be said? Oh, glad I don’t live in CA.
Isn’t Sore-ass dead yet? Is Satan giving him extra strength or something?
“Isn’t Sore-ass dead yet? Is Satan giving him extra strength or something?”
Read the old Sci-Fi novel “That Hideous Strength”
Soros is the head.
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Wonder how many of them supported the guys campaign.
Gascón is one of several left-wing prosecutors backed by Soros in recent elections. He previously served as district attorney in San Francisco, during a rise in petty crime that made the city notorious for its deterioration.
He defeated Jackie Lacey, L.A.’s first-ever black district attorney, in November, with the help of state and local Democrats — including Mayor Eric Grcetti, who switched his endorsement from Lacey to Garcetti.
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