LA County DA Gascón to fight ruling mandating 'three strikes' charges
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is being blasted for putting “chaos and lawlessness over public safety” by announcing he’ll fight to soften California’s three strikes law., announced Thursday that a June ruling by a three-judge panel of the California Second District Court of Appeal mandating prosecutors file such cases “sets a dangerous precedent” in the Golden State.
Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami said Gascón issued a “blanket policy” in December 2020 forbidding the filing of strike priors.MediaNews Group via Getty Images Gascón, meanwhile, said the state’s three-strike law “imposed draconian penalties” on defendants previously convicted of certain prior felonies, leading them to be subjected to sentences more than twice as long. Anyone convicted of two or more prior felonies typically receives sentences of 25 years to life in state prison.
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