{"id":3866,"date":"2021-05-27T10:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3866"},"modified":"2021-05-27T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T18:40:23","slug":"la-da-recall-signature-drive-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3866","title":{"rendered":"LA DA Recall Signature Drive Kicks Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3874\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Andrade5-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Andrade5-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Andrade5.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>The signature drive to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n kicked off yesterday, Wendy Burch <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/george-gascon-recall-effort-kicks-off-in-downtown-l-a-with-support-of-sheriff-villanueva-others\/\">reports<\/a> for KTLA 5. Among the initial signers were County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and former DA Steve Cooley.<\/p>\n<p>The primary push behind the drive, though, is from victims of crime and the families of victims who have seen the current DA dole out shocking leniency to people have committed horrible crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Among them is Desiree Andrade. Last December, just one week after Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s infamous special directives, the special circumstance allegations were dismissed against the killers who beat and stabbed her son, stomped on his head, and threw him off a cliff. Bill Melugin of Fox 11 had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/mom-of-20-year-old-man-brutally-murdered-thrown-off-cliff-lashes-out-at-la-county-da-george-gascon\">this report<\/a> at the time. The lack of the special circumstance charge not only precludes the death penalty, but it also precludes a sentence of life without parole, meaning the killers will eventually be eligible for parole.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is truly a grass roots effort. If the recent election in Philadelphia is any indication, Gasc\u00f3n will likely be supported by an infusion of money, much of it from outside the county, from deep-pocketed donors who support the pro-criminal movement. It will be a steep uphill climb.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&#8217;s website is <a href=\"https:\/\/recallgeorgegascon.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The signature drive to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n kicked off yesterday, Wendy Burch reports for KTLA 5. Among the initial signers were County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and former DA Steve Cooley. The primary push behind the drive, though, is from victims of crime and the families of victims who have seen the current DA dole out shocking leniency to people have committed horrible crimes. Among them is Desiree Andrade. Last December, just one week after Gasc\u00f3n&#8217;s infamous special directives, the special circumstance allegations were dismissed against the killers who beat and stabbed her son, stomped on his head, and threw him off a cliff. Bill Melugin of Fox 11 had this report at the time. The lack of the special circumstance charge not only precludes the death penalty, but it also precludes a sentence of life without parole, meaning the killers will eventually be eligible for parole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-prosecutors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>LA DA Recall Signature Drive Kicks Off - Crime &amp; Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3866\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LA DA Recall Signature Drive Kicks Off\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The primary push behind the drive, though, is from victims of crime and the families of victims who have seen the current DA dole out shocking leniency to people have committed horrible crimes..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3866\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Crime &amp; 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