{"id":2754,"date":"2021-01-12T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T19:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2021-01-12T12:25:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T20:25:28","slug":"california-das-association-rebukes-gascon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2754","title":{"rendered":"California DAs Association Rebukes Gasc\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In California, as in most states, trial court prosecutors are elected locally, giving the people of a county some degree of local control over how prosecutorial discretion is exercised. Discretion is not unlimited, though, and there are state laws that cannot properly be brushed aside in the name of local policy.<\/p>\n<p>The California District Attorneys Association today released an <a href=\"https:\/\/cjlf.org\/files\/CDAA-Open-Letter-to-ADDA.pdf\">open letter<\/a> to the (Los Angeles) Association of Deputy District Attorneys expressing concerns that the policy directives of new LA DA George Gasc\u00f3n go beyond the limits of policy and place deputies in the position of being ordered to violate their legal and ethical obligations.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For example, the letter notes the violation of the constitutional rights of victims of crime regarding bail.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The directive further states that prosecutors may \u201cnot request cash bail for any \u2026 non-serious felony, or non-violent felony offense[,]\u201d thereby eliminating a prosecutor\u2019s discretion to seek bail in cases involving the actual infliction of violence. This clearly violates a victim\u2019s constitutional right to have their safety considered in setting bail. For example, bail may not be requested by Los Angeles County prosecutors in some felony cases involving violence, such as assault likely to cause great bodily injury, in violation of Penal Code section 245(a)(4).<\/p>\n<p>Our constitution confers on crime victims the right to expect that a criminal offender will be \u201cappropriately detained in custody.\u201d (Cal. Const., art. 1, \u00a7\u00a028(a)(4).) It also confers on a crime victim the right \u201c[t]o have the safety of the victim and the victim\u2019s family considered in fixing the amount of bail and release conditions for the defendant.\u201d (Cal. Const., art. 1, \u00a7\u00a028(a)(16).) <em>Yet this bail directive prevents prosecutors from advocating for crime victims. In fact, it never even refers to victims, much less a victim\u2019s constitutional rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In California, as in most states, trial court prosecutors are elected locally, giving the people of a county some degree of local control over how prosecutorial discretion is exercised. Discretion is not unlimited, though, and there are state laws that cannot properly be brushed aside in the name of local policy. 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