Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón – Page 3

Los Angeles DA Q&A, Part Four: On Strikes and Reform

February 5, 2024 11:41 amFebruary 5, 2024 11:41 am

This is part four of a continuing series of questions and answers with the candidates for Los Angeles District Attorney. California has a “three strikes” law. That should mean that if you do three very bad things you can go...

LA Juvenile Loophole: Re-Sentencing, Semantics, and Gascon

January 3, 2024 11:35 amJanuary 3, 2024 2:19 pm

In the before time – the long long ago – when a Los Angeles juvenile committed an especially egregious crime he (do not complain about the pronouns in this article – they’re mostly guys) faced the possibility of being prosecuted...

Gascon’s Parole Policies Putting Felons on the Street

January 3, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 3, 2024 2:31 am

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is what is known as a decarcerationist. That means he wants as few people in jail as possible. The theory – birthed in academia – has gained steam of late amongst the progressive...

Killer Stays Locked Up – George Gascon Ploy Fails

December 5, 2023 5:35 pm

A Los Angeles judge today turned aside the request of cop killer Jesse Gonzales’ effort to go free. Though he was aided and abetted by the office of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, Gonzales’ latest ploy – a...

Call for DA Gascon Recusal

November 8, 2023 2:45 amNovember 8, 2023 6:26 am

Imagine you are a District Attorney and you are listening to a purportedly illegally obtained audio tape on which a fellow elected official says “F**k that guy – He’s with the Blacks.” Then imagine you are a District Attorney who...

Gascon Campaign Already Wobbly?

September 21, 2023 5:36 amSeptember 21, 2023 5:38 am

As the race to replace him heats up, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon is already running an aggressive, well-funded, well-endorsed campaign to keep his job. Only part of that sentence is true – the part about Gascon’s campaign...

AG Rob Bonta Lets Gascon Minion Slide

January 12, 2023 3:05 amJanuary 12, 2023 12:40 pm

California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a close political ally of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, has taken a pass on filing charges against Gascon’s Chief of Staff Joseph Iniguez. Iniguez, who made headlines for allegedly drunkenly threatening and berating...