Government,
Criminal
Jan. 20, 2021
LA DA defends directives, says laws need to change
DA George Gascon said in his response to a lawsuit by many of his prosecutors that it’s their job to conform to the directives of the DA whom “millions of county residents elected to implement criminal justice policies in their community.”
California prosecutors are not required to seek increased prison sentences for accused felons who have violent or serious prior convictions under the state’s three strikes law or other statues that allow longer sentences, argued Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in response to a lawsuit by many of his deputies that asserts his policy prohibiting the filing of enhancement charges is illegal.
Instead, the brief states,...
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