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San Francisco DA’s Office Faces Lawsuit in Federal Court Over Reducing Violent Felony to Misdemeanor

January 26, 2022 2:10 amApril 3, 2022 3:15 pm

The San Francisco District Attorney’s office was sued on Tuesday by the Alliance for Asian American Justice over reducing a felony beating of an elderly Vietnamese-American man to a misdemeanor. In November of 2019, then 69-year-old Anh Le was walking...

Crime Victims File Motion to Disqualify DA George Gascón in Double Murder Case

February 25, 2021 11:56 amFebruary 27, 2021 2:09 pm

A motion filed this week in a double murder case seeks to disqualify Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón for among other issues, hiring a former public defender to write his Youth Justice policy when she was still a Deputy...

LA County Prosecutors Barred from Attending Parole Hearings Under DA Gascón’s ‘Reforms’

February 5, 2021 7:42 amFebruary 5, 2021 7:42 am

The California District Attorneys Association announced Thursday their support of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and crime victims with his announcement that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will attend parole hearings to represent the victims in place of...