Government,
Criminal
Dec. 11, 2020
Gascón can’t do it alone, LA leaders need to step up
George Gascón was just sworn in on Monday as the new district attorney of Los Angeles, and he has already issued many sweeping changes.
Louis J. Shapiro
Email: LouisJShapiro@Gmail.com
Louis, a former Los Angeles County Public Defender, is a criminal defense attorney and State Bar-certified criminal law specialist out of Century City. He is also a legal analyst, board member of the California Innocence Project and Project For The Innocence at Loyola Law School, CACJ and LACBA'S Criminal Justice Executive Committee.
George Gascón was just sworn in on Monday as the new district attorney of Los Angeles, and he has already issued many sweeping changes. They include ending cash bail, removing enhanced prison sentences for gang- and weapons-related crimes, and refusing to charge many low-level offenses. He is also barring prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in new cases and no longer will try juveniles as adults.
As he announced these changes...
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