George Gascon Instructed To Enforce The Law In California

[Rightguide]

Los Angeles DA George Gascon ‘overstates his authority,’ can’t ignore California law, court rules​

George Gascon cannot refuse to enforce California's Three Strikes Law, a court ruled Thursday as the embattled district attorney faces a second recall effort​

By Louis Casiano | Fox News

A California appeals court on Thursday upheld an injunction that said Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon can't refuse to charge three-strike cases, which can significantly increase prison sentences.

The court affirmed an earlier ruling that said the directive not to charge strikes against defendants violates state law and the rights of prosecutors in Los Angeles County.

"On the merits, we conclude the voters and the Legislature created a duty, enforceable in mandamus, that requires prosecutors to plead prior serious or violent felony convictions to ensure the alternative sentencing scheme created by the three strikes law applies to repeat offenders," the ruling said. "The district attorney overstates his authority. He is an elected official who must comply with the law, not a sovereign with absolute, unreviewable discretion."

More here:

https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-da-george-gascon-overstates-authority-court-rules

So much for this Soros funded social pollution source.

 

[ll74]

Good

 

[Sean Renaud]

Gods somehow I thought we had gotten rid of 3 strikes ages ago. Seriously guys WTF is wrong with us on this front? We know that's a bullshit law.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Gotta change identities every 2 strikes. Its real pain.

 

[Sean Renaud]

You could probably get three all at once without trying but so hard.

 

[UltraMAGAKing]

Good

Supporting rule of law is WACIST!!!!!!

WHy are you such a white supremacist?

LOL

 

[ll74]

Supporting rule of law is WACIST!!!!!!

WHy are you such a white supremacist?

LOL

You're not funny

 

[Sean Renaud]

Some of these laws are in fact racist but I don't know where that came from.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

You could probably get three all at once without trying but so hard.

I think they need to be separate but not entirely sure. Either way if you're not getting 3 felonies at once then your heart just aint in it.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I think they need to be separate charges. But bounce a check, snag a PS5 and I'm sure there are other relatively low level things.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

I think they need to be separate charges. But bounce a check, snag a PS5 and I'm sure there are other relatively low level things.

There are all kinds of bullshit petty felonies. 3 strikes laws suck ass cuz you get even one you gotta be a fucking angel the rest of your life.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

I mean I guess you could choose to go out like a boss instead of letting them put you away. That's always an option when you know you're about to snag #3.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Yep.

 

[Rightguide]

Gods somehow I thought we had gotten rid of 3 strikes ages ago. Seriously guys WTF is wrong with us on this front? We know that's a bullshit law.

Not when the streets are out of control and the law is on the books.

 

[pecksniff]

Not when the streets are out of control and the law is on the books.

The streets are not out of control.

 

[Rightguide]

Some of these laws are in fact racist but I don't know where that came from.

It comes from your racist notion that POC should not be punished when they break the law because they are too dumb to know what the law is, right?.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Not when the streets are out of control and the law is on the books.

The streets aren't out of control by any rational definition of the word. Crime almost across the board is near historic lows. Or as close to historic lows as can be accurately gauged.

That's just more of the typical Right wing nonsense that people who are too stupid to look up facts and figures fall for.

 

[pecksniff]

The U.S. incarcerates a larger percentage of its population than any other country including China. Sentencing leniency is not a problem we have here. It never was, not even before the tough-on-crime politics of the 1980s.

 

[Rightguide]

The streets aren't out of control by any rational definition of the word. Crime almost across the board is near historic lows. Or as close to historic lows as can be accurately gauged.

That's just more of the typical Right wing nonsense that people who are too stupid to look up facts and figures fall for.

The L.A. Police Union and detectives say different:

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahb...der-warns-tourists-not-to-visit-city-n2600420
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...warns-tourists-to-stay-out-of-city/ar-AARz4w4

 

[Sean Renaud]

That was basically the same argument twice but who's keeping track of things like logic here? Funny how murders in the city are WAY down from the 90s and we weren't on fucking fire then.

This seems to be the opinion of a single man and even the articles show that the numbers do not support his stance.

 

[pecksniff]

The L.A. Police Union and detectives say different:

If you want to know crime statistics, don't ask a cop.

 

[JohnEngelman]

Gods somehow I thought we had gotten rid of 3 strikes ages ago. Seriously guys WTF is wrong with us on this front? We know that's a bullshit law.

One of the few successful social experiments in the United States has been the increase in the prison population.

From 1960 to 1970 the prison population declined from 212,953 to 196,429

The civil rights legislation was passed. Poverty declined because of a broadly based economic expansion, and War on Poverty Programs.

During this time the crime rate per 100,000 inhabitants increased from 1,887.2 to 3,984.5

From 1980 to 2016 the prison population increased from 315,974 to 1,380,427

Poverty increased because the economy became more competitive, and because of cuts in welfare.

During this time the crime rate per 100,000 declined from 5,950,0 to 2,489.3.

https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/US-prison-pop-1925-2019-1.png

https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm

 

[JohnEngelman]

If you want to know crime statistics, don't ask a cop.

Police know more about crime than anti racists. Anti racists continue to believe, despite abundant evidence, that punishment does not work, but that we can lower the crime rate by "getting to the root causes of crime," by fighting poverty.

Social reform and social welfare spending have never reduced the crime rate. The only thing that works is punishment, lots and lots of punishment.

 

[pecksniff]

One of the few successful social experiments in the United States has been the increase in the prison population.

That is not a success. The U.S. incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country including China. That is too high a price to pay for a reduced crime rate.

 

[JohnEngelman]

That is not a success. The U.S. incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other country including China. That is too high a price to pay for a reduced crime rate.

Blacks and Hispanics have high crime rates everywhere they live. Countries with lower crime rates than the United States are countries where the vast majority of the populations are white or Oriental.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Because the United States has high percentages of blacks and Hispanics, we can either put lots of black and Hispanic criminals into prison, or we can let them commit lots of crimes.

The high cost of incarceration can be reduced by the thorough exploitation of prison labor, the frequent use of capital and corporal punishment, and the end to educational and recreational opportunities. I certainly do not think that is too high a price to pay for a reduced crime rate. There may not be majority support for the draconian criminal justice system I advocate, but three strikes and your out laws are popular with the electorate.