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CJLF issued a press release<\/a> with the above title this morning. Here is the text:<\/p>\n

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n are working together to overturn the death sentences of every condemned murderer convicted in Los Angeles County, according to the Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.<\/p>\n

On November 5, Bonta\u2019s office issued Notices of Withdrawal in at least four death penalty cases before county judges to consider new claims by murderers challenging their sentences. Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s office then told the court that it agrees with (concedes) the murderers\u2019 claims and asked the judge to vacate the death sentences and re-sentence the murderers to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Constitution of California says<\/a> that it is the \u2018duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the State are uniformly and adequately enforced.\u2019 Attorney General Bonta is doing exactly the opposite. He is facilitating collusive litigation by the Los Angeles District Attorney for the purpose of defeating the enforcement of the law,\u201d said Foundation Legal Director Kent Scheidegger.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>:\u00a0 CJLF was on the Los Angeles drive time talk radio John & Ken show discussing this issue, available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In death penalty cases which are not being handled by the Attorney General, Gasc\u00f3n is conceding the murderers\u2019 claims and partnering with defense counsel to have the death sentences vacated. While prior to Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s election, cases of this type were handled by multiple deputies, they are now handled by one Deputy District Attorney, Shelan Joseph, who was a longtime member of the Public Defender\u2019s Office until Gasc\u00f3n hired her last March. Nobody under Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s authority is defending the citizens of Los Angeles County and the murder victims in these cases.<\/p>\n

The death penalty cases reduced to LWOP by Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s office include (1) Stanley Davis, a habitual felon, who in 1985 kidnapped and murdered two college students in order to steal their car for a planned robbery, and (2) gang member Carlos Hawthorne, who was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1996 home invasion and murder of Vanessa Sells and the attempted murder of her 16-year-old daughter. Both victims were hogtied and shot in the back of the head. The daughter survived. Attorney General Bonta is also withdrawing from the case of Tiequon Cox, a gang member sentenced to death for the 1984 murders of the mother, sister, and two nephews of NFL star Kermit Alexander.<\/p>\n

In addition to transferring the capital habeas corpus cases to Joseph, the cases have been removed from the District Attorney\u2019s internal tracking system, preventing other deputies from knowing their status.<\/p>\n

\u201cDistrict Attorney Gasc\u00f3n is apparently trying to keep these cases hidden, even though they are public proceedings. The people and the victims have a right to know what is happening,\u201d said Scheidegger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CJLF issued a press release with the above title this morning. Here is the text: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n are working together to overturn the death sentences of every condemned murderer convicted in Los Angeles County, according to the Sacramento-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation. On November 5, Bonta\u2019s office issued Notices of Withdrawal in at least four death penalty cases before county judges to consider new claims by murderers challenging their sentences. Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s office then told the court that it agrees with (concedes) the murderers\u2019 claims and asked the judge to vacate the death sentences and re-sentence the murderers to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). \u201cThe Constitution of California says that it is the \u2018duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the State are uniformly and adequately enforced.\u2019 Attorney General Bonta is doing exactly the opposite. He is facilitating collusive litigation by the Los Angeles District Attorney for the purpose of defeating the enforcement of the law,\u201d said Foundation Legal Director Kent Scheidegger. Update:\u00a0 CJLF was on the Los Angeles drive time talk radio John & Ken show discussing this issue, available here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,24,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death-penalty","category-habeas-corpus","category-prosecutors"],"yoast_head":"\nBonta and Gasc\u00f3n Collude to Overturn All Los Angeles Death Sentences - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cThe Constitution of California says that it is the \u2018duty of the Attorney General to see that the laws of the State are uniformly and adequately enforced.\u2019 Attorney General Bonta is doing exactly the opposite. 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