Government,
Criminal
Mar. 22, 2021
OC DA election contest has already become personal
Orange County DA Todd Spitzer compared challenger Peter Hardin to Los Angeles County DA George Gascon, but Hardin said he disagrees with the LA DA on some policies.
Positioning himself as a criminal justice reformer aiming to eliminate the death penalty, end cash bail and rethink how sentence enhancements are charged, a former federal prosecutor who briefly served in the Orange County district attorney's office has launched a campaign to unseat first-term incumbent DA Todd Spitzer next year.
And the contest has already become personal.
As Spitzer watched from...
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