{"id":4454,"date":"2021-08-16T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T19:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4454"},"modified":"2021-08-18T15:05:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T22:05:48","slug":"under-gascon-defense-attorneys-serve-as-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=4454","title":{"rendered":"Under Gasc\u00f3n, Defense Attorneys Serve as Prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The family of an elderly couple brutally murdered by a habitual criminal in 1996, have asked a Los Angeles County judge to remove the prosecutor in a hearing where double-murderer Samuel Zamudio is seeking to overturn his conviction.\u00a0 Scott Schwebke of the East Bay Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2021\/08\/08\/attorney-blasts-conflict-over-prosecutor-still-on-payroll-of-la-county-public-defenders-office\/\">reports<\/a> that Diana Teran, the deputy Gasc\u00f3n assigned to the case, was a defense attorney until last April 1, when she went on loan to the DAs office and is still receiving a $218,000 salary from the Public Defender&#8217;s Office.\u00a0 The attorney representing the victims&#8217; 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