D.A. Won’t Appeal Release of Perez
District attorney’s officials have decided not to appeal a judge’s decision earlier this week to release corrupt former LAPD Officer Rafael Perez from prison, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
Prosecutors initially said they would appeal the Monday ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry on the grounds that he overstepped his authority by releasing Perez, the key informant in the Rampart corruption scandal.
Perez, 33, walked out of prison Tuesday a free man after serving nearly three years of a five-year sentence for stealing cocaine from LAPD evidence facilities.
A spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said prison officials are reviewing the judge’s decision to determine whether they have jurisdiction to appeal and, if so, whether they should.
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