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Let the Brothers Free: DA Gascon Asking to Release Menendez Brothers ASAP

October 24, 2024 4:30 pmOctober 24, 2024 4:30 pm

Just like the Menendez brothers did in 1989, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon pulled the trigger Friday. This afternoon, Gascon announced he is seeking a re-sentencing for the brothers who were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for...

Yet Another Poll Shows Gascon Trailing Badly

October 8, 2024 2:28 pmOctober 8, 2024 2:28 pm

Well, one thing you can say about Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is that he is consistent. Consistently unpopular, consistently awful, and consistently behind in the polls. Gascon’s numbers are consistent to the point that they haven’t changed much...

Another Day, Another Lawsuit Filed Against Los Angeles DA George Gascon

September 13, 2024 7:03 amSeptember 13, 2024 7:03 am

Another day, another lawsuit filed against Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon. Wednesday, the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys – the union that represents the 750 or so DDA’s under Gascon’s employ – filed its fourth lawsuit, alleging...

Hochman, Gascon Square Off in Debate

September 12, 2024 8:23 amSeptember 12, 2024 8:23 am

Wednesday night, current Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon and challenger Nathan Hochman faced off in a web-based debate sponsored by the Jewish Federation Los Angeles. And it was the last question of the debate that was almost certainly the...

Paying the Accused: DA Gascon’s Top Aide/Potential Felon Still on Payroll

August 15, 2024 4:19 pmAugust 15, 2024 6:09 pm

Despite her status as a suspected felon, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s “Ethics and Integrity Assistant District Attorney,” Diana Teran is still on the public payroll and getting paid – a lot, in fact. Since she was charged with...

Is the Times Finally Turning on Gascon?

June 24, 2024 2:45 amJune 24, 2024 8:13 am

Restoration. Rehabilitation. Second chances. Equity. Those are at the heart of the progressive criminal justice movement and at the core of the Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s policies of law enforcement, or non-enforcement, as is more typical. And it seems...

A ‘Gascon Special’

June 11, 2024 2:13 pmJune 11, 2024 2:45 pm

When does a 75 years to life prison term not really mean 75 years to life? When Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is involved. In 2018, peripatetically homeless woman Nancy Jackson eradicated a family in Leimert Park – in...