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Law Practice,
Criminal

Jun. 23, 2021

Victim’s family says LA prosecutor sides with killer, seeks her dismissal

The family of a man killed in a robbery seeks to disqualify a former public defender and special adviser to LA County DA George Gascon from prosecuting the resentencing case of the man convicted of the killing.

An attorney for the family of a man shot to death during a robbery is seeking to disqualify a former public defender and now special adviser to Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, accusing her of siding with the killer's efforts to get out of prison early under new juvenile sentencing guidelines.

"The district attorney's position is now firmly aligned with the defense," reads a motion filed Friday by Kathleen M. Cad...

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