Government,
Criminal
Jan. 22, 2020
Prosecutors care about victims
I was a deputy public defender for four years before I became a career (31-year) deputy district attorney. I believe in the value of defense attorneys. They make certain that prosecutors dot their i’s and cross their t’s. They scrutinize us and keep us honest. They assert and protect the rights of the accused. They oppose excessive governmental invasion into our sacrosanct privacy rights. They do an essential and important job, and I honor them. I don’t want to get rid of them. I just don’t want them to act as prosecutors.
Marc Debbaudt
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Email: mdebbaudt@da.lacounty.gov
Marc is president emeritus of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys.
George Gascón and Rachel Rossi, both running against Jackie Lacey for district attorney of Los Angeles, oppose gang allegations. They want diversion for drunk drivers. They discount the impact of property crimes on communities. (Gascón was the principle proponent of the disingenuously titled "Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act," or Proposition 47, which had nothing to do with safe neighborhoods or schools, quite the contrary. What it did was decriminalize theft and dr...
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