LOS ANGELES — An L.A. County prosecutor on Monday was awarded $1.5 million in a retaliation lawsuit against District Attorney George Gascón. It is a grim omen for the county's top prosecutor, who faces at least a dozen similar civil claims.
Shawn Randolph, the former head of the juvenile division of the district attorney's office, claimed she was shuttled off to the parole division for pushing back against some of Gascón's shifts to the handling of criminal cases involving minors, including his blanket ban on trying juveniles as adults.
Randolph's legal team, led by civil attorneys Greg Smith and Beth Corriea, also argued that she believed Gascón's policies violated laws pertaining to victims' rights and would lead prosecutors to file inaccurate charges in court due to limitations he placed on the types of felonies that could be charged against juveniles.
