In any case charged from this day forward, LADA will not seek the death penalty. In any case currently charged with special circumstances where the Office has not previously announced it would seek death, the case shall now proceed as a non-death penalty case.
George Gascon is new L.A. County District Attorney. Vows to end the death penalty.
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Posted by: DPF Blog
- Posted on: December 9, 2020
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