The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that District Attorney George Gascón, a Democrat, decided not to seek the death penalty in the case of a couple allegedly murdering and torturing a 10-year-old boy. The LA County DA’s office had previously announced it would seek the death penalty after Heather Maxine Barron and Kareem Ernesto Leiva were arrested for allegedly torturing Barron’s 10-year-old son Anthony Avalos in 2018, according to ABC 7 News. The prosecutor assigned to the case criticized Gascón’s Friday decision in a statement to the media. “This is not based upon new evidence. This is not based upon new mitigation or new law,” said Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami, according to ABC 7 News. “I stand by the special-circumstances committee decision that I announced to the court on the record two years ago,” added Hatami in reference to former District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s decision to …