Rank-and-file prosecutors in Los Angeles have voted nearly unanimously to back the recall of District Attorney George Gascón — a rebuke of the embattled progressive that came just after Gascón reversed course on controversial sentencing policies. The Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles, a union representing line prosecutors, said 97.9 percent of its […]
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LA DA Gascón reverses course on progressive directives amid crime wave, public blowback
Embattled Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is backpedaling on a number of hardline progressive directives he issued upon taking office in late 2020, according to a series of memos he sent to his office Friday regarding how to handle serious crimes. In five documents, two addressed to deputy district attorneys and the other […]