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Dec. 26, 2024
Richard Quinones was a prosecutor who believed in redemption
The Los Angeles legal community is shocked and devastated upon hearing about the death of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Richard Quinones. He was a prosecutor who saw beyond defendants' mistakes, offering them opportunities for redemption and transformation.
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.
I had the pleasure of first meeting Richard Quinones nine years ago. ("Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Richard Quiñones dies while surfing in Malibu," Daily Journal, Dec. 23.) We met when I represented an individual who was in a lot of trouble: A woman had been charged with a felony DUI with great bodily injury and had previously been convicted of vehicular manslaughter. She vowed to turn her life around and i...
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