Tag: District Attorney George Gascón

Recall Gascón Campaign to Submit Over 700,000 Signatures

July 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Recall District Attorney George Gascón organizers say they will will submit more than 700,000 petition signatures in time for today’s deadline at the county’s election office. If a minimum of 566,857 signatures are verified, voters will decide whether to oust the progressive DA from office in November’s General Election. “The sheer magnitude of this…

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Recall Gascón Campaign Surpasses Needed Signatures

June 15, 2022
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The Los Angeles-based Recall District Attorney George Gascón campaign has surpassed the 566,857 signatures needed by the July 6 deadline, they announced June 15. The campaign is now focused on collecting additional signatures to account for signatures that may be invalidated once they are submitted to the county registrar’s office for verification. “We are officially…

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Gascón Issues ‘Lightweight Sentencing’ for Juvenile Who Plowed Into Mother and Baby

June 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A California juvenile under the influence of drugs who plowed into a mother and her 8-month-old baby last year will serve a 5-to-7-month sentence, according to a recent ruling made by Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón. On Aug. 6, 2021, surveillance footage showed a 16-year-old suspect crashing his vehicle into a mother and…

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Court Rejects Los Angeles DA Gascón’s Directives

June 3, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A California appellate court ruled this week that Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón can’t reject charging three-strike allegations and sentencing enhancements. A three-judge panel of the California Second District Court of Appeal upheld June 2 in a 71-page injunction that “voters and the Legislature created a duty, enforceable in mandamus, that requires prosecutors…

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Dave Chappelle Wants Alleged Attacker Charged with Felony: Lawyer

May 9, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Dave Chappelle’s lawyer says the comedian is unhappy with Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s decision not to charge the man who allegedly attacked him on stage with a felony. “It’s a travesty of justice that Gascón is refusing to prosecute this case as a felony,” Gabriel Colwell told the New York Post…

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Gascón’s Failure to Prosecute Chapelle’s Attacker Erodes Public Trust: Recall Spokesman

May 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The committee seeking to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said May 6 that his failure to pursue felony charges against the man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl May 3 continues to erode some people’s trust in the DA who was first elected in 2020. “We’re continuing…

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Gascón’s Failure to Prosecute Chappelle’s Attacker Erodes Public Trust: Recall Spokesman

May 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The committee seeking to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said May 6 that his failure to pursue felony charges against the man who attacked comedian Dave Chappelle on stage at the Hollywood Bowl May 3 continues to erode some people’s trust in the DA who was first elected in 2020. “We’re continuing…

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Recall Gascón Campaign Raises $6 Million, Reaches 400,000 Signatures

May 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón reached another milestone as of May 1 surpassing 400,000 signatures and raising over $6 million to support the campaign. “This is the make-or-break phase of the recall, and if we can pull off this monumental task, Gascon will be voted out in a…

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LA Armed-Robbery Suspect Arrested 4 Times in 3 Months

April 5, 2022
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Los Angeles police have arrested an 18-year-old man four times this year following several armed robberies. After each release, Matthew Adams returned to the streets and is suspected of holding victims at gunpoint while demanding jewelry and other expensive items, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore told police commissioners April 5. After the first three…

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Gascón Launches Diversion Program to Decriminalize Some Human Trafficking Victims

March 31, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón unveiled on March 31 a diversion program in which a judge can dismiss and vacate the arrests, convictions, and probation violations of human trafficking victims in misdemeanor or non-serious, non-violent felony cases. The county’s first Human Trafficking Diversion Court program will be first launched at the Pomona courthouse,…

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