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George Gascón (born March 12, 1954) is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020 to December 3, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party , [ 1 ] Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019.
D.A. George Gascón glided into office on a wave of calls for criminal justice reform. But after a rocky first term, his reelection bid is on life support. How L.A.'s progressive 'godfather' wound ...
March 5 photo ofLos Angeles County district attorney George Gascon in Grand Park. ... including Gascón's edicts stopping prosecutors from seeking the death penalty or life without parole in ...
Gascón survived two recall attempts as the state grew increasingly unhappy with his soft-on-crime policies, including eliminating cash bail, not seeking the death penalty and an unwillingness to ...
Outgoing LA DA George Gascon's office pushes resentencing for gunman on death row in 1980 Bob's Big Boy robbery that killed four and wounded four more.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office under District Attorney George Gascón subsequently dropped the death penalty option for both Barron and Leiva. [13] [14] On March 7, 2023, Barron and Leiva were found guilty. [15] On April 25, 2023, they were sentenced to life in prison without parole. [16] [17]
Hochman's agenda includes a return to seeking the death penalty, an increase in the prosecution of low-level misdemeanors and using sentencing enhancements to seek long prison terms in cases that ...
L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón sailed into office in 2020 during a nationwide push for criminal justice reform. Now a large field is running to deny him a second term.