Los Angeles DA Gascon's office lands 5-month probation camp sentence for teen who mowed down mom and infant
A California mother who survived a hit-and-run crash is furious with Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon for the light sentence her attacker received – five months in a diversionary program for juveniles.
According to police sources, the driver, 16 at the time of the crime, initially told investigators the victim appeared out of nowhere, and he struck her by accident. He was initially charged with felony driving while intoxicated and, given the circumstances of the incident, could have faced several more serious charges if Gascon's prosecutors had the leeway to push for them.
A California teen convicted of plowing a car into a mother and her 8-month-old son will spend just five months in a diversionary program thanks to Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon, according to the woman who survived the crash.
Despite shocking surveillance video of the Aug. 6, 2021, incident, numerous eyewitnesses and initial felony charges, the teen will serve his sentence at a "juvenile probation camp," an alternative sentence less severe than juvenile detention.
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GASCON ILLEGALLY TOLD PROSECUTORS TO IGNORE 3-STRIKE LAWS.
Los Angeles DA Gascon unlawfully told prosecutors to abandon three-strikes law, court rules
Embattled Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon cannot refuse to abide by the state’s three-strikes law, which results in lifelong prison terms for violent repeat felons, an appellate court unanimously
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06...rnias-three-strikes-law-appellate-court-says/
