LOS ANGELES—The widow of a sheriff’s sergeant who was shot to death while responding to a call of a burglar and the mother of a murder victim who was dumped off a cliff in Azusa Canyon called on the public May 26 to support a recall effort for Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon….
Wife, Mother of Murder Victims Urge Support for Recall of District Attorney
May 27, 2021
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Judge Puts DA Union’s Case Against Gascon on Hold Pending Appeal
May 25, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A judge who in February ruled mostly in favor of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County in a petition brought against District Attorney George Gascon over a series of new directives he handed down after taking office last December put the case on hold May 25 while the county’s top…
Signature-Gathering Approved For Recall Effort Against DA George Gascon
May 21, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Petitions are available May 21 for the effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Elected officials must be in office for at least 90 days before a recall effort can be started. Gascon was sworn in last Dec. 7. Recall organizers announced May 20 they had received approval to gather signatures….
Gascon Policies Prompt No Confidence Motions From 14 Cities
May 20, 2021
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In Los Angeles County, 14 cities have issued no confidence resolutions against District Attorney George Gascon, claiming his reforms went too far. Diamond Bar’s city council passed a no confidence motion during its May 18 meeting, with some councilmembers wishing to address Gascon’s perceived leniency to horrific crimes throughout the county. “Gascon is making it less…
14 Cities in LA County Issue No-Confidence Resolutions Against Soros-Backed DA
May 20, 2021
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Fourteen cities in Los Angeles county have issued no-confidence resolutions against District Attorney George Gascon, claiming his reforms went too far. Diamond Bar’s city council passed a no-confidence motion during its May 18 meeting, with some councilmembers wishing to address Gascon’s perceived leniency to horrific crimes throughout the county. “Gascon is making it less safe for…
LA District Attorney Gascón Removes Death Penalty for Couple Charged With Murdering 10-Year-Old Boy
May 8, 2021
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The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that District Attorney George Gascón, a Democrat, decided not to seek the death penalty in the case of a couple allegedly murdering and torturing a 10-year-old boy. The LA County DA’s office had previously announced it would seek the death penalty after Heather Maxine Barron and…
LA District Attorney’s Office Drops Death Penalty Bid Against Man Charged in Shooting Spree
March 16, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office March 16 dropped its bid for the death penalty for an ex-con from Sylmar who’s charged with killing five people—most of them within less than a week—during a shooting spree in the San Fernando Valley six and-a-half years ago. Alexander Hernandez, now 40, is charged with the…
Victims Rights Advocates to Launch Recall Effort Against George Gascon
LOS ANGELES—Crime victims and law enforcement officials launched an effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon Feb. 27, claiming the sweeping changes he has initiated since taking office last December favor the rights of criminals over their victims. Organizers planned to gather the signatures needed to file an intent to recall in…
Convicted Sex Offender Accepts Plea Deal in Killing of Orange County Boy
February 22, 2021
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POMONA—A convicted sex offender pleaded no contest Feb. 22 to two counts of murder in connection with the deaths of two young boys—including one from Anaheim Hills—within a five-year span. Kenneth Kasten Rasmuson is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The 59-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced on…
Orange County DA Files Charges Against Predator for 1981 Murder
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer has filed special circumstance murder charges against a man accused of abducting, sexually assaulting, and killing two boys in the 1980s in Southern California, after newly implemented directives from Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon forced L.A. prosecutors to dismiss the special circumstances and enhancements in the multiple murder…
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