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Los Angeles Prosecutors Endorse Eric Siddall for DA

December 20, 2023 2:41 pmDecember 20, 2023 2:41 pm

The prosecutors union – the Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA) – has endorsed its former vice-president Eric Siddall to be the next District Attorney of Los Angeles County. “Eric Siddall is not new to this political battle; he’s been...

Poll Shows Gascon Weak in Los Angeles DA’s Election Race

December 14, 2023 3:35 pmDecember 15, 2023 7:44 am

Is fifty one-and-a-half weeks all the time George Gascon has left in office? A new poll on the state of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s election race shows Gascon remains deeply unpopular and – even if were to finish in...

DA Gascon Tried to Side-Step California’s Three Strikes Law

December 13, 2023 6:47 amDecember 13, 2023 6:47 am

California’s “three strikes” law is widely popular and widely credited with cutting crime. It is also the bete noir of the progressive prosecutor and the “justice reform” movement, being blamed for excessive incarceration and arrest and sentencing racial disparities. The...

Curious – Where was George?

October 19, 2023 1:37 pmOctober 19, 2023 1:38 pm

There are 10 people who will be on the ballot in the March Los Angeles District Attorney primary vote – nine of them showed up at a debate Wednesday. Guess which one wasn’t there? George Gascon skipping the debate would...

More Than A Month’s Worth: That’s the Size of LA DA Gascon’s Case Backlog

August 27, 2023 2:32 amAugust 27, 2023 2:33 am

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón has been criticized – rightly – for any number of justice system reasons: soft on crime, does not add gun enhancements to charges, does not support victim’s families, does not oppose the parole of...

Reasonable Centralization or Rank Cynicism – LA DA Gascon’s Special Crimes Shake-up

April 30, 2023 10:44 amMay 1, 2023 9:53 am

In February, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon re-organized the office’s Victim Impact Program (VIP), the internal group of prosecutors dedicated to handling some of the most heinous and delicate crimes – elder abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, and child...

LA County Will Not Release Half Its Inmates After All… for Now

April 3, 2023 9:19 pmApril 3, 2023 9:20 pm

The now (temporarily?) shelved proposal by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis to “de-populate” the local jail system raises a number of interesting questions, one of which is: How many of the inmates proposed for released by Solis – who...