Posted on 06/05/2022 11:06:06 PM PDT by lowbridge
A California court sharply rebuked soft-on-crime LA County District Attorney George Gascon Thursday, ruling that he must comply with the law instead of just making his own.
“The district attorney overstates his authority,” the ruling said. “He (Gascon) is an elected official who must comply with the law, not a sovereign with absolute, unreviewable discretion.”
Their legalese might be a little better than mine, but basically what the judges are saying is, “Who the heck do you think you are?!”
The three-justice panel of the Appeals Court said in its ruling that Gascon cannot order prosecutors to refuse to charge three-strikes cases and cannot order prosecutors to drop or withdraw special circumstance allegations. The ruling upheld an earlier decision from a lower court that came to the same conclusion.
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In short, Gascon has been an unmitigated disaster for Los Angeles.
Frustration among career attorneys boiled for months, and finally culminated in the Association of Deputy District Attorneys suing Gascon, saying the policies violated their rights and state law.
“There’s never been a case where a court had to tell a chief prosecutor that his job is to follow the law,” Eric Siddall, vice president of the group, told Fox News. “Just because of the nature of his job, he doesn’t get to ignore or break the law.”
Thursday, they were vindicated. Said Siddall:
This is a win for the voters, a win for the people in the state of California and it’s a win for the line prosecutors. George Gascon and violent criminals, those are the two that lose today.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
George Gascon belongs in jail.
Gross abuse of authority and subversion of justice under color of law.
Lets be honest. As bad as he and the the sf da are they’re just symptoms.
We’ll see if he complies
Gascon is facing a second recall effort, which has the support of deputy prosecutors in his own office. The petition surpassed 500,000 signatures earlier this week, and organizers say they need just 67,000 more by July 6 to secure a ballot.
of the SOROS Agenda.
Those families of crime victims should be massing together and going after his a##
Gascon is a Trotskyite,
And there is only one remedy for a Trotsky,as history has shown,
I wonder if Gascon travels to Mexico?
That fat pig Letitia James in New York ought to pay attention
hopefully this will set a precedent
The court’s rebuke is useless. Gascon needs to be un-elected or forced out of office for failure to prosecute.
—”I wonder if Gascon travels to Mexico?”
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Unlikely a curved shaft or too much droop would be helpful.
My Forrest Mountaineering Mjollnir Hammer with a short straight pick is easily concealable and has a nice swing.
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Someone smarter than me pointed out “prosecutorial discretion” applies when there isn’t enough evidence to convict, consequently it would be a waste of time and money to take a case to trial.
What these people are doing, is something altogether different.
What the Soros prosecutors are doing is why the appeals court slapped them down: they claim prosecutorial discretion means they can nullify the law. It’s essentially a lawless abuse of authority.
Truth
bttt
Too bad I have been suspended off of my local Nextdoor site. I would love to post this article for the Gascon supporters.
A similar abuse is seen with providing “immunity” in return for testimony, in order to snag higher level crooks.
Democrats just give everyone immunity from prosecution, and call it a day.
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