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By Jennifer Van LaarÂ
A Los Angeles County jury found that George Gascon had engaged in retaliatory conduct against a Deputy District Attorney who pushed back against his policies and awarded the plaintiff, Shawn Randolph, $1.5 million in a verdict announced late Monday afternoon.
Randolph was the lead prosecutor in the officeâs juvenile division and was âreassignedâ to the parole division after she raised objections to Gasconâs blanket policy to not charge a juvenile as an adult, no exceptions, which he announced immediately upon taking the oath of office in December 2020. As RedState reported at the time:
In a speech following his swearing-in, Gascon spelled out exactly what is changing and when â his office wonât seek the death penalty ever, no more juveniles being charged as adults, no more use of gang or gun enhancements to put violent criminals away for a longer time, no more bail, resentencing of up to 20,000 convicted offenders (with hundreds possibly being released as soon as tomorrow), and more. Despite his years as an LAPD officer, he believes that these measures will âbreak the multigenerational cycles of violence, trauma, and arrestâ:
Randolphâs attorneys say Randolph told supervisors that Gasconâs directives âviolated laws pertaining to victimsâ 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.â
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