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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon was surrounded by several colleagues from other states Wednesday while defending his policies amid a second recall attempt to oust him and a crime wave of shootings and brazen robberies. Gascon has taken heat since taking office last year over his rollback of tough-on-crime measures like the death penalty, charging juvenile suspects as adults and the leveling […]

Some hail Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon as the leader of a nationwide movement to end the draconian policies of a racist criminal justice system. Others say he’s embarked on a dangerous experiment that will lead to more crime. It’s hard to overstate how much Gascon has changed how people are prosecuted in L.A. He’s

EXCLUSIVE — Hours after philanthropist Jacqueline Avant was shot to death during a Beverly Hills home invasion robbery, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon distributed a fundraising letter seeking to overturn a law that would keep her killer in prison. Avant, 81, was the mother-in-law of Netflix’s CEO, and her Dec. 1 murder shocked the

Couple that with notifications from apps like Citizen that tell you when crimes are happening near you in your neighborhood and you hear people say it makes them “nervous” and anxious. To some, it’s because of sheer desperation. One Angeleno told us they think people who commit these crimes are struggling. To read the full article click

Opponents of George Gascon have launched a new bid to recall the Los Angeles County district attorney from office. The new effort comes months after a previous attempt fell short and amid fresh concerns over his policies. To read the full article click here

In announcing arrests in a recent rash of brazen “flash mob style” smash-and-grab robberies, Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore and Mayor Eric Garcetti on Thursday called for ending the county’s $0 bail policy. The calls came as officials were announcing 14 arrests from 11 incidents that happened between Nov. 18 and 28 and resulted in nearly

(KTLA) – A mother was robbed just moments after returning to her Los Angeles home from a walk with her infant in a caught-on-camera incident over the weekend. The incident occurred about 5:10 p.m. on Nov. 28 in the upscale Hancock Park neighborhood after the victim returned from the walk while pushing a stroller. Video

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When Chesa Boudin ran for San Francisco district attorney in 2019, he said crime was caused by poverty, wealth inequality and inadequate government spending on social programs. He called prostitution, open drug use and drug dealing “victimless crimes” and promised not to prosecute them. The result has been an increase in crime so sharp that

The district attorney whose office let out Waukesha parade killer Darrell Brooks on a $1,000 bond three weeks ago previously admitted he knew his laxed bail policies would lead to killers being set free and murdering others, saying flippantly in a 2007 interview: ‘You bet, it’s guaranteed to happen.’  John Chisholm was elected as Milwaukee