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LA County's /New District Att'y Won't Prosecute Juveniles As Adults, Won't Seek The Death Penalty, Will Re-Open At Least Four Fatal Officer Involved Shootings (Incl. An LBPD Cambodia Town OIS)
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LA County's /New District Att'y Won't Prosecute Juveniles As Adults, Won't Seek The Death Penalty, Will Re-Open At Least Four Fatal Officer Involved Shootings (Incl. An LBPD Cambodia Town OIS)
He Wrote Prop 47 That Invited CA Voters To Downgrade Multiple Felonies to Misdemeanors (That CA Voters Just Refused To Change)
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(Nov. 8, 2020) -- LA County's District Attorney-elect George Gascon has made clear he won't charge juveniles as adults, won't seek the death penalty against defendants, will work to resentence those sentenced to death and will reopen at least four fatal police-officer involved shootings, one of which is LBPD's (Cambodia Town) 2015 shooting of Hector Morejon.
Mr. Gascón has issued policy papers that include commitments to [Gascon release text]:
Immediately end juvenile transfers to adult court.
End the use of the death penalty and work to resentence those condemned to death.
Join efforts to hold oil and gas companies accountable for the harm they have caused to the environment.
Create an alternative sentencing planner program.
Implement neighborhood and behavioral health courts programs.
Support parole, Clean Slate efforts, a fines and fees task force.
Expand Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD).
Institute restorative justice diversion programs.
Work to implement a county-wide deadly force standard that allows lethal force to be used only when necessary and as a last resort, ensuring a strong implementation of Assembly Bill 392.
Collaborate with law enforcement across the County to make police officer misconduct records accessible to all of the public, not only those who request them.
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Establish a County-wide "do not call" policy, including a registry of disreputable law enforcement officers.
Establish County-wide standards for police body-worn cameras and in-car video systems that take into account the public’s trust, privacy concerns, and regulatory restraints.
Create and lead a County-wide Police Sentinel Event Review Board.
Create an Independent Investigations Bureau and hire and train attorney specialists to enhance its ability to investigate and review all officer-involved shootings and in-custody deaths and to investigate and review all other excessive use of force cases.
Establish an Open Data Unit that will make data and information publicly available about police stops, arrests, uses of force, deaths in custody, homicides, hate crimes, law enforcement officers killed or injured in the line of duty, lawsuits, civilian complaints, and other key areas on the DA’s website.
Make the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office’s policies and procedures public and call for all Los Angeles County law enforcement agencies to do the same.
Advocate for changes to state law that would give the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) the authority to decertify law enforcement officers who have engaged in serious misconduct.
Adopt a policy of no retaliatory charging of individuals or their family members for speaking out against the police.
Adequately staff the District Attorney’s Wrongful Conviction Unit and build collaborations with local law schools, like Loyola Law School, that already have these programs to right injustices of the past.
Ensure resolution parity for undocumented defendants.
Expand the Los Angeles County Homeless Court Program and more fully integrate the District Attorney’s Office in a leadership role in the program.
Implement a CONNECTion To Services Program (the CONNECT Program), that supports diversion to services and prioritize alternatives to enforcement, citation, or arrest for low-level quality of life crimes or life-sustaining activities.
End the practice of body attachments.
Contact victims of domestic violence within 24 hours of an incident to offer support and services.
Advocate for victims of uncharged cases to have the Opportunity to read a victim impact statement at the sentencing of a serial sex offender.
Develop a sexual assault response team.
Demand every rape kit be tested.
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In Sept. 2020 then-candidate Gascon said his basis for "reopening" LBPD's fatal shooting Hector Morejon is that DA Jackie Lacey [Gascon release text] "failed to address and reconcile statements from the officer detailing why he shot and the direct physical evidence that Morejon was shot in the back. "Reopening" an investigation requires reviewing all available evidence, including the full taped interviews of witnesses, interviews of additional witnesses as necessary, analysis of the forensic evidence, and a re-evaluation of the DA's decision to close these cases in light of the applicable law.
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Mr. Gascon wrote Prop 47, the Nov,. 2014 ballot measure in which CA voters reduced multiple felonies (including thefts of property under $950) to misdemeanors. On Nov.3, 2020, CA voters declined approve Prop 20 which would have reversed portions of Prop 47.
Mr. Gascon's candidacy was endorsed by the Democratic Party, the LA Times, LA Daily News, then-VP nominee Kamala Harris, U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Governor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, labor leader Dolores Huerta, and former LAPD Chief Charlie Beck. LB Mayor Robert Garcia, who made campaign contributions to incumbent DA Lacey and challenger Gascon on the same day in early March 2020, Tweeted in late October (after LA Mayor Garcetti switched his endorsement from Lacey to Gascon) that he (Garcia) had voted for Gascon.
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DA-elect Gascon takes office on Dec. 7, 2020.
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