Tag: Fair and Just Prosecution
Too Bad There Isn’t a ‘Three Strikes’ Law for DAs: Gascon Goes 0 for 2
A Los Angeles civil jury Monday found that District Attorney George Gascon improperly retaliated against one of his deputies and awarded her $1.5 million in compensatory damages. Shawn Randolph, formerly the DA’s office lead juvenile prosecutor, was shifted from that...
Assemblyman Bonta Seeking to Bar California DAs From Reviewing Police Use of Force Cases
Late last week, California Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) announced plans to introduce legislation to require the state’s elected District Attorneys to recuse themselves from an investigation, and prosecution of law enforcement misconduct, if they have received campaign contributions from law...