Tag: Los Angeles District Attorney

Wife, Mother of Murder Victims Urge Support for Recall of District Attorney

May 27, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The widow of a sheriff’s sergeant who was shot to death while responding to a call of a burglar and the mother of a murder victim who was dumped off a cliff in Azusa Canyon called on the public May 26 to support a recall effort for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon….

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Judge Puts DA Union’s Case Against Gascon on Hold Pending Appeal

May 25, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A judge who in February ruled mostly in favor of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County in a petition brought against District Attorney George Gascon over a series of new directives he handed down after taking office last December put the case on hold May 25 while the county’s top…

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LA District Attorney’s Office Drops Death Penalty Bid Against Man Charged in Shooting Spree

March 16, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office March 16 dropped its bid for the death penalty for an ex-con from Sylmar who’s charged with killing five people—most of them within less than a week—during a shooting spree in the San Fernando Valley six and-a-half years ago. Alexander Hernandez, now 40, is charged with the…

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Victims Rights Advocates to Launch Recall Effort Against George Gascon

February 28, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Crime victims and law enforcement officials launched an effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon Feb. 27, claiming the sweeping changes he has initiated since taking office last December favor the rights of criminals over their victims. Organizers planned to gather the signatures needed to file an intent to recall in…

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Convicted Sex Offender Accepts Plea Deal in Killing of Orange County Boy

February 22, 2021
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POMONA—A convicted sex offender pleaded no contest Feb. 22 to two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of two young boys—including one from Anaheim Hills—within a five-year span. Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The 59-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced on…

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