Posted on 01/12/2021 3:57:15 PM PST by BenLurkin
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.
In a letter sent to Gascon's office Monday, District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert characterized many of the directives as "illegal and unconstitutional."
Gascon... bowed to pressure a few weeks into his tenure by amending his directive to eliminate sentencing enhancements and instead allow them in cases involving the most vulnerable victims and in specified "extraordinary" circumstances. He said then that his office would seek sentencing enhancements in hate crimes, crimes against children and the elderly, and other crimes that meet certain criteria.
In late December, the union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors filed a lawsuit challenging the directives to eliminate three-strikes allegations and some sentencing enhancements, alleging the moves violate state law
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but what its all going to come down to is self protection and settling scores....
were into Wild West times...
Welcome to the Hunger Games.
Umm, Cali doesn’t have a death penalty
She’ll lose her job immediately. The purge is accelerating.
California does have the death penalty, Gavin Newsom has just said he’ll never carry it out.
The average Californian thinks that they are so enlightened but that "three strikes" rule is draconian bullshit. Anybody who has two felonies should move from California like their ass was on fire. One mistake and they are looking at life in prison.
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