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In the past two years, a former federal agent has been accused of pointing a gun at a co-worker, “strangling” his estranged wife and trying to run a motorist off the road on the 405 Freeway.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced he would ask a judge to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for the killing of their parents in 1989.
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.
George Gascón won the most expensive D.A.’s race in L.A. County history in 2020. Now he’s struggling to fundraise while his opponent, Nathan Hochman, has attracted major support and has blanketed TV and social media with blistering, emotional ads.
Moments before a preliminary hearing in his murder trial, attorneys for Carlos Medina raised doubts about his mental health and competence to face charges for gunning down L.A. Bishop David G. O’Connell.
An LAPD officer who shot and killed an unarmed homeless man in Venice Beach in 2015 will face criminal charges based on the recommendation of a special prosecutor hired by Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón.
Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto has decided not to prosecute Santos Leon and Karla Vasquez, a married couple who worked at the L.A. County Federation of Labor.
If the election were held today, according to the survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by The Times, 51% of the likely L.A. County voters would choose Hochman, and 21% would cast a ballot for Gascón. That leaves 28% undecided.
Shanice Dyer, 22, was charged with playing a role in a Pomona murder last month. L.A. Dist. Atty. George Gascón previously declined to try her as an adult for two killings committed as a juvenile.
The changes George Gascón has made as L.A. County D.A. are felt every day in the criminal justice system and could deepen as he seeks another term.
