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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Death Penalty Dies Hard in California

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|Date: November 20, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Death Penalty Dies Hard in California

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week in Sacramento came a headline: “Judge gives Sacramento m ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Last week in Sacramento came a headline: “Judge gives Sacramento man death sentence after killing family at Land Park home.” It got me thinking, why is Thien Ho ...

November 20, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 226: George Gascón Discusses Crime in LA

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|Date: November 20, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 226: George Gascón Discusses Crime in LA

https://youtu.be/ARBN71Zh0BE Having survived multiple recall attempts in his first term, Los Angeles Dist ...

https://youtu.be/ARBN71Zh0BE Having survived multiple recall attempts in his first term, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón officially launched his reelection in October at the SEIU Local 201 ...

November 20, 2023
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Vanguard Interview with Los Angeles DA George Gascón

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2023
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Vanguard Interview with Los Angeles DA George Gascón

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Vanguard got an exclusive interview on Saturday after DA Georg ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Vanguard got an exclusive interview on Saturday after DA George Gascón announced his reelection in front of an audience of workers at SEIU Local 2015. Vangua ...

October 17, 2023
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Everyday Injustice Episode 162: George Gascón Discusses Facing a Possible Recall

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|Date: August 15, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Episode 162: George Gascón Discusses Facing a Possible Recall

In 2019, George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco DA, moved to Los Angeles and ran for D ...

In 2019, George Gascón resigned from his position as San Francisco DA, moved to Los Angeles and ran for DA as a reformer against incumbent Jackie Lacey. Gascón had gone from a traditional “tough on c ...

August 15, 2022
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Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence

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|Date: September 11, 2021
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Letter: LWOP Is a Death Sentence

Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021 Stanley B ...

Give Stanley Bernard Davis a Chance for Parole! By the Drop LWOP Coalition On September 1, 2021 Stanley Bernard Davis, a Black man who was sentenced to the death penalty in 1989, was resentenced to Li ...

September 11, 2021
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LA DA Gascón Announces Arrest of Former GOP State Lawmaker and City Manager in City of Industry Corruption Scandal

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|Date: September 04, 2021
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LA DA Gascón Announces Arrest of Former GOP State Lawmaker and City Manager in City of Industry Corruption Scandal

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Frank Hill, a former Whittier GOP Assemblymember, and three other men ...

By Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – Frank Hill, a former Whittier GOP Assemblymember, and three other men were charged with embezzlement and misappropriation of millions of dollars that were earmarked ...

September 04, 2021
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Gascón Lays Out Record for First 100 Days of Reform as LA District Attorney, Projecting Hundreds of Millions in Savings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2021
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Gascón Lays Out Record for First 100 Days of Reform as LA District Attorney, Projecting Hundreds of Millions in Savings

By David M. Greenwald Marking 100 days in office, Los Angeles DA George Gascón took the opportunity to h ...

By David M. Greenwald Marking 100 days in office, Los Angeles DA George Gascón took the opportunity to highlight what he considers to be a tremendous record of accomplishment for reforms enacted sinc ...

March 18, 2021
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Black Lives Matter LA Releases Statement Supporting LA County District Attorney’s Justice Reform as Cop Unions Fight Back

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|Date: January 03, 2021
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Black Lives Matter LA Releases Statement Supporting LA County District Attorney’s Justice Reform as Cop Unions Fight Back

By Sally Kim and Linhchi Nguyen LOS ANGELES - Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and its ally organizations r ...

By Sally Kim and Linhchi Nguyen LOS ANGELES - Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and its ally organizations released a statement late this past week supporting LA District Attorney George Gascón in respon ...

January 03, 2021
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Coalition Voices Support for George Gascón’s Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms

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|Date: December 23, 2020
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Coalition Voices Support for George Gascón’s Progressive Criminal Justice Reforms

By Ramneet Singh LOS ANGELES – Although there has been some backlash to newly elected Los Angeles County ...

By Ramneet Singh LOS ANGELES – Although there has been some backlash to newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s progressive platform, multiple southern California criminal j ...

December 23, 2020
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After Backlash, LA District Attorney George Gascón Reverses New Policy on Sentencing Enhancements

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|Date: December 20, 2020
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After Backlash, LA District Attorney George Gascón Reverses New Policy on Sentencing Enhancements

By Evie Sun LOS ANGELES – Newly sworn-in Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón issued an open lette ...

By Evie Sun LOS ANGELES – Newly sworn-in Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón issued an open letter Friday after backlash that he received about his new policies which would eliminate all sente ...

December 20, 2020
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Coalitions Commend DA Gascón’s Effort to End ‘Racist’ Sentencing Guidelines

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|Date: December 19, 2020
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Coalitions Commend DA Gascón’s Effort to End ‘Racist’ Sentencing Guidelines

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES - The DROP Life Without Parole (LWOP) coalition and California United for a R ...

By Lauren Smith LOS ANGELES - The DROP Life Without Parole (LWOP) coalition and California United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) issued a statement this week that they “enthusiastically welcome” Los ...

December 19, 2020
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George Gascón Sworn in as LA County New DA, Announces Immediate Reform, Including End to Cash Bail and Death Penalty Prosecutions

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|Date: December 08, 2020
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George Gascón Sworn in as LA County New DA, Announces Immediate Reform, Including End to Cash Bail and Death Penalty Prosecutions

By Özge Terzioğlu LOS ANGELES—Newly elected District Attorney George Gascón announced his immediate imple ...

By Özge Terzioğlu LOS ANGELES—Newly elected District Attorney George Gascón announced his immediate implementation of unprecedented reform to LA County’s policing policies at his inauguration and swea ...

December 08, 2020
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Two Prosecutors Running for LA District Attorney Clash over Criminal Justice Reform

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: October 09, 2020
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Two Prosecutors Running for LA District Attorney Clash over Criminal Justice Reform

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her office face more critic ...

By Julian Verdon LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and her office face more criticism from her primary Democratic challenger, George Gascón, who described her and her office's r ...

October 09, 2020
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LA Times Urges Voters to Choose Gascón for D.A. for Positive Reform to Criminal Justice System

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|Date: October 01, 2020
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LA Times Urges Voters to Choose Gascón for D.A. for Positive Reform to Criminal Justice System

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES – The LA Times Editorial Board believes the “next wave of reinvention m ...

By Anika Khubchandani LOS ANGELES – The LA Times Editorial Board believes the “next wave of reinvention may come from Los Angeles County.” And George Gascón is the DA to do it. And Tuesday, the Times ...

October 01, 2020
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DA Jackie Lacey Announces Opposition to Proposition 20; Opponent Incredulous

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|Date: September 09, 2020
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DA Jackie Lacey Announces Opposition to Proposition 20; Opponent Incredulous

By Julietta Bisharyan LOS ANGELES - With election day looming, longtime, “tough-on-crime” District Attorn ...

By Julietta Bisharyan LOS ANGELES - With election day looming, longtime, “tough-on-crime” District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced her sudden opposition to Proposition 20, a measure that would roll ba ...

September 09, 2020
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Ex-LA DA Candidate Pushes to Shift Funding from Incarceration to Community Engagement

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|Date: August 05, 2020
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Ex-LA DA Candidate Pushes to Shift Funding from Incarceration to Community Engagement

by Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO- Former Public Defender and DA Candidate Rachal Rossi was hard hitting on Tu ...

by Kelsea Valerio SACRAMENTO- Former Public Defender and DA Candidate Rachal Rossi was hard hitting on Tuesday as she addressed racial disparities that exist within the incarceration system. “We’ve se ...

August 05, 2020
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Working Families Party Endorses George Gascón for Los Angeles County District Attorney

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|Date: July 28, 2020
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Working Families Party Endorses George Gascón for Los Angeles County District Attorney

By Hannah Skepner LOS ANGELES – The Working Families Party—citing endorsements of progressive district at ...

By Hannah Skepner LOS ANGELES – The Working Families Party—citing endorsements of progressive district attorneys, members of Congress and others—Monday announced its endorsement of former San Francisc ...

July 28, 2020
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LA’s First Ever Black District Attorney Battling for Reelection against Police Reformer

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: July 18, 2020
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LA’s First Ever Black District Attorney Battling for Reelection against Police Reformer

By Nick Domenici LOS ANGELES – In downtown Los Angeles, crowds have been gathering every Wednesday for th ...

By Nick Domenici LOS ANGELES – In downtown Los Angeles, crowds have been gathering every Wednesday for the past two and a half years, chanting loudly, “Jackie Lacey must go! Jackie Lacey must go!” Jac ...

July 18, 2020
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