Government,
Criminal
Jan. 20, 2021
Gascón doesn’t understand the law or the job of a DDA
LA DA George Gascón claims that when a prosecutor goes into court, she or he must do what Gascón orders, even if it is against the law, because it is a deputy district attorney’s job!
Jonathan Hatami
Deputy District Attorney
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
Jonathan is a 15-year veteran prosecutor of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office. He is currently assigned to the Complex Child Abuse unit as a senior trial attorney. He has handled thousands of child physical and sexual abuse cases and has prosecuted over 70 felony jury trials including the four-month trial of the torture and murder of Gabriel Fernandez. He was the prosecutor of the year in Antelope Valley in 2016 and the prosecutor of the year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association in 2019. He is a veteran of the United States Army, a husband, and a father of two beautiful children.
The Association of Deputy District Attorneys of Los Angeles recently filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of some of new District Attorney George Gascón's directives. In his opposition to the lawsuit, Gascón claims that when a prosecutor goes into court, she or he must do what Gascón orders, even if it is against the law, because it is a deputy district attorney's job! In Gascón's own words, he is the sole "official millions of county r...
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