Criminal
Oct. 26, 2020
A dangerous policy of inaction in domestic violence cases
Los Angeles district attorney candidate George Gascón proposes that domestic violence victims, even if served with a subpoena, will no longer have to come to court to testify. This seemingly humane proposal is fraught with unintended consequences, including the dismissal of many disturbing domestic violence cases.
Cindy Wallace
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles District Attorney's Office
The opinions here are her own.
There are few positions where experience matters as much as the head of the largest prosecutorial office in the country. George Gascón, candidate for Los Angeles County district attorney, seeks to lead that office without ever having prosecuted a case himself. And there is perhaps no better illustration of the consequences of this lack of experience as his policy proposal in domestic violence cases. Specifically, $95
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