{"id":1555,"date":"2025-03-26T10:16:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:16:37","slug":"la-county-da-death-penalty-to-be-pursued-only-in-rare-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/?p=1555","title":{"rendered":"LA County DA: Death Penalty to Be Pursued Only in Rare Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>#DeathPenalty #LosAngeles #JusticeSystem #NathanHochman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Revised Death Penalty Policy in Los Angeles County<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has announced a major shift in policy, stating that the death penalty will only be sought in exceedingly rare cases. This decision reverses a directive from his predecessor, George Gasc\u00f3n, who had banned prosecutors from pursuing capital punishment in special circumstance murder cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hochman emphasized that every case will undergo a <strong>comprehensive review<\/strong>, considering input from the victims&#8217; families and weighing <strong>mitigating and aggravating factors<\/strong> to ensure justice is served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Strict Criteria for Death Penalty Consideration<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The District Attorney\u2019s Office clarified that seeking the death penalty will require an <strong>extensive review<\/strong> and will be <strong>limited to the most egregious cases<\/strong>. Additionally, defense attorneys will have <strong>enhanced opportunities<\/strong> to present mitigating evidence before a final decision is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victims&#8217; families will also be consulted before any determination, ensuring their voices are heard in the legal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reversal of Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s Directive<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy shift overturns the stance of former DA George Gasc\u00f3n, who had barred the pursuit of the death penalty entirely, arguing that capital punishment was never an appropriate sentence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s policy, two individuals\u2014<strong>Michael Gargiulo<\/strong> and <strong>Jade Douglas Harris<\/strong>\u2014were sentenced to death under cases initiated before his tenure. However, their sentences were finalized despite Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s attempts to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>California\u2019s Death Penalty Moratorium<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While Hochman\u2019s new policy allows for the death penalty in rare instances, California remains under a <strong>statewide moratorium<\/strong> declared by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019. Newsom ordered the closure of the <strong>San Quentin execution chamber<\/strong>, stating that the death penalty has been a <strong>failed system<\/strong>\u2014discriminatory, costly, and ineffective as a deterrent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The intentional killing of another person is wrong,&#8221; Newsom stated, reaffirming that he will not allow executions to take place under his administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#DeathPenalty #LosAngeles #JusticeSystem #NathanHochman Revised Death Penalty Policy in Los Angeles County Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has announced a major shift in policy, stating that the death penalty will only be sought in exceedingly rare cases. This decision reverses a directive from his predecessor, George Gasc\u00f3n, who had banned prosecutors from pursuing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1556,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1555\/revisions\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportpro.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}