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.
Share:
-
Posted by: DPF Blog
- Posted on: December 9, 2020
You might also be interested in...
Arizona governor and state Supreme Court in a showdown over executions
(Update: Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and the Arizona Supreme Court ended a standoff over the execution of Aaron Gunches on...
Read More While we’re on the subject. . .
“It is not for nothing that some critics refer to it as the ‘criminal legal system.’ The word ‘justice’ must...
Read More Crossing the River Styx: The Memoir of a Death Row Chaplain
“I was haunted by Russ before I even knew him. I tried to wrap my mind around what it was...
Read More 