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L.A. County Paying $5M to Settle Case Alleging Constitutional Violations in Prosecution of Election Management Company's Owner

I wrote about this back in October 2022, when the charges were filed, and then in November 2022, when they were dropped; now here's this update (NBC Los Angeles [Eric Leonard]): Los Angeles County will pay [Eugene Yu,] the owner of Michigan-based election management software company[, Konnech,] $5 million to…

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Twelve candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles County District Attorney

Twelve candidates are running in the nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles County District Attorney on March 5, 2024. Five candidates lead in endorsements and local media attention: incumbent George Gascón, Jeff Chemerinsky, Jonathan Hatami, Nathan Hochman, and Eric Siddall.

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12 candidates are running in the March 5 nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles County

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Two men walk free from prison decades after being wrongfully convicted of murder as teens

Two men have been exonerated after decades in prison for seperate murder charges on crimes they did not commit

The Independent UK

Suspect charged over antisemitic attack on Jewish couple on way to Beverly Hills synagogue

Between 7 October and 7 December, antisemitic incidents reached the highest level ever for a two-month period

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Inside the hunt for a serial killer who murdered homeless men as they slept

A man suspected of slaughtering three homeless people on the streets of Los Angeles was finally identified – after police discovered he was already in custody for a fourth murder. Andrea Cavallier reports

The Independent UK

Los Angeles police search for one suspect in murders of three unhoused people

District attorney George Gascón says police believe the same person shot and killed three victims this week

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Woman’s head found in trash can after she was allegedly decapitated by daughter

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón described the attack as ‘an extraordinarily violent act’

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LA County DA investigator and wife killed in horror crash

The fatal two-car collision occurred in the middle of the day on Sunday near Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Fiancée remembers slain California deputy's goodbye kiss days after they got engaged

Just days after getting engaged, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer said goodbye to his fiancée for the last time

The Independent UK

Metal recycling plant owners charged for contaminating LA school grounds

After decades of complaints from staff and students at Jordan high school, Atlas Metals was hit with 22 felony counts

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles city councilman charged with embezzlement may face suspension

The president of the Los Angeles City Council says he will file a motion to suspend a councilman charged with embezzlement, perjury and other crimes in the latest scandal among leadership of the nation’s second-largest city

The Independent UK

California man freed after spending 33 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit

Daniel Saldana was exonerated on Thursday by the Los Angeles district attorney’s office: ‘I’m just so happy this day came’

The Guardian - US

‘So happy’: Man declared innocent after 33 years in US jail

Daniel Saldana was convicted in 1990 of attempted murder, but evidence emerged that he was not even at the scene.

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Los Angeles area man wrongfully convicted of shooting freed from prison after 30-plus years

LOS ANGELES — A 55-year-old Baldwin Park man was freed from state prison earlier this month after prosecutors and parole officials uncovered years-old evidence that pointed to his innocence in a 1989 shooting, officials announced Thursday.

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Daniel Saldana declared innocent of attempted murder after 33 years in California prison

Daniel Saldana, 55, is freed from a California prison after prosecutors discovered evidence that indicated he was innocent of a shooting in 1989.

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Man declared innocent of attempted murder after 33 years in California prison

A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent

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Tory Lanez denied new trial in Megan Thee Stallion shooting

‘In the end, the jury believed the prosecution’s case beyond a reasonable doubt,’ LA judge said

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Mum and boyfriend who tortured son, 10, to death over five days sentenced to life term

The pair tortured the 10-year-old victim, spraying him with hot sauce, forcing them to fight one another and made the youngsters kneel for lengthy periods on concrete floors, nails or uncooked rice at the home in Lancaster, Los Angeles

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A New Amicus Brief Arguing Against a Local D.A. Circumventing California's Three Strikes Law

Meg Garvin, John Yoo, and I argue to the California Supreme Court that L.A. District Attorney George Gascon is not free to ignore the commands of California's Three Strikes Law.

Los Angeles Times

A search for justice after a mentally ill 17-year-old stabs janitor to death

LOS ANGELES — To Dora Molina, the teenager who took her husband’s life is a danger to the public and needs to spend up to 30 years behind bars, about the same amount of time she and José Tomás Mejía were together.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles DA Gascón declines to prosecute deputies in high-profile shootings of teens

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Friday he would not prosecute sheriff’s deputies who shot teenagers in two separate killings that drew widespread protests in South L.A. in recent years.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles DA files charges against 2 cops in 2020 shooting

Los Angeles prosecutors have charged two former police detectives in the 2020 shooting of an unarmed man that left him paralyzed from the waist down

Daily Mirror

Cops charged with killing man who screamed 'I can't breathe' as police 'knelt on him'

WARNING, DISTRESSING FOOTAGE: Edward Bronstein was 38 and a father of five when he died at the hands of California Highway Patrol officers, just two months before the tragic death of George Floyd

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Edward Bronstein: Seven California officers charged in death of suspect who cried ‘I can’t breathe’

Seven California Highway Patrol Officers have been charged in the March 2020 death of a suspect during a traffic stop after they pinned him to the ground while he screamed “I can’t breathe.”

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