>>> THE L.A. COUNTY DISTRICT
>>> THE L.A. COUNTY DISTRICT
ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCON HAS
REFORM POLICIES AND HOW CERTAIN
JUVENILE CASES ARE HANDLED.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ERIC
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER ERIC
LEONARD EXPLAINS.
>> Reporter: THESE NEW ORDERS
SENT OUT AT THE CLOSE OF
BUSINESS LAST FRIDAY EXPLAIN
THERE ARE NOW EXCEPTIONS TO SOME
OF GASCON’S REFORM POLICIES THAT
FOR THE LAST YEAR HAVE
EFFECTIVELY PREVENTED TEENAGERS
CHARGED WITH THE MOST SERIOUS OR
VIOLENT SEXUAL CRIMES FROM
FACING ADULT PRISON OR ALLOWING
FACING ADULT PRISON OR ALLOWING
POTENTIAL LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
SENTENCES IN THE MOST AWFUL
MURDER CASES.
NOW GASCON HAS TOLD PROSECUTORS
THERE CAN BE EXCEPTIONS BUT ONLY
IN THE MOST EXTREME CASES.
IN A STATEMENT SENT SUNDAY
EVENING LIKE EVERY RESPONSIBLE
OFFICE WE LEARN AS WE GO, TAKE
OFFICE WE LEARN AS WE GO, TAKE
FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND
MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.
ON TAKING OFFICE IN 2020 GASCON
TOLD ME THERE WOULD NOT BE
TOLD ME THERE WOULD NOT BE
EXCEPTIONS TO HIS POLICIES OF
NEVER PUNISHING AN ADULT PRISON
ANYONE UNDER 18 FOR THE WORST
CRIMES.
FOR NO LONGER ADDING PENALTIES
FOR THINGS LIKE HATE CRIMES OR
ELDER ABUSE AND NEVER SEEKING
DEATH OR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
SENTENCES FOR THE WORST CRIMES
IMAGINABLE.
>> I DO BELIEVE MASS
INCARCERATION IN THIS COUNTRY
INCARCERATION IN THIS COUNTRY
AND I DO BELIEVE THEY’RE RACIST.
>> Reporter: AFTER COMPLAINTS
FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS HE CHANGED
FROM ADVOCACY GROUPS HE CHANGED
SOME OF THE RULES TO ALLOW HATE
CRIME ENHANCEMENTS TO BE ADDED.
A SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE SAID IT
WAS ILLEGAL TO CHANGE IN ONGOING
CASES JUST TO SUIT OFFICE
POLICIES.
AFTER TWO YEARS OF RISING STREET
VIOLENCE INCLUDING THE NOTED
MURDERS OF PHILANTHROPIST JACKIE
MURDERS OF PHILANTHROPIST JACKIE
AVANT AND UCLA STUDENT AFTER
RASHES OF SMASH AND GRAB THEFTS
AND A MAJOR INCREASE WITH GUNS.
AND A MAJOR INCREASE WITH GUNS.
ROBERT AND CAROLYN, THESE
CHANGES ARE NOT CHANGING HIS
CHANGES ARE NOT CHANGING HIS
UNDERLYING INTENT AND WILL ONLY
OPEN THE DOOR TO POSSIBLE
EXCEPTIONS IF APPROVED BY HIS
OWN COMMITTEES AND THAT WILL BE
IN RARE CASES.
GASCON SAYS HE’S COMMITTED TO
HIS GOALS OF PREREDUCING THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN PRISON.
THE POLICY ADJUSTMENTS ARE
WINDOW DRESSING AND POINT OUT
THAT GASCON HAS STILL BANNED THE
USE OF GUN AND REPEAT OFFENDER
USE OF GUN AND REPEAT OFFENDER
ALLEGATIONS THE UNION SAYS WOULD
HELP IN REPORTING CRIME.