The Soros owned DA of L.A., George Gascon, has decided he does not like California law. So, in L.A., as long as he is the DA, if you use a gun to commit a crime, he will not add that to the charges. So, in L.A. you can steal up to $950 and use a gun without penalty. Feel safe in L.A.?
“In a reversal of some of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s most controversial policies, a judge this week reinstated a special circumstance allegation and a gang enhancement for a Baldwin Park gang member accused of double murder.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rob B. Villeza said in an order issued Monday, May 24, that Gascón’s policy preferences alone are not sufficient to warrant dismissal of the enhancements against Raymond “Danger” Gonzalez.
With removal of the sentencing enhancements, Gonzalez would not have been eligible for life in prison without parole, meaning he could receive a parole hearing in 20 years even if convicted of both homicides.
You read that right—use a gun to kill TWO people and The D.A. will look the other way. Thanks to a Judge, the people of California are being protected. Time to Recall Gascon.
Judge reinstates enhancements for Baldwin Park gang member accused of double murder
Victim families said LA County District Attorney George Gascon was “trampling on their rights” in seeking no sentence enhancements in the case
By Scott Schwebke, Daily News, 5/28/21
In a reversal of some of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s most controversial policies, a judge this week reinstated a special circumstance allegation and a gang enhancement for a Baldwin Park gang member accused of double murder.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Rob B. Villeza said in an order issued Monday, May 24, that Gascón’s policy preferences alone are not sufficient to warrant dismissal of the enhancements against Raymond “Danger” Gonzalez.
With removal of the sentencing enhancements, Gonzalez would not have been eligible for life in prison without parole, meaning he could receive a parole hearing in 20 years even if convicted of both homicides.
The District Attorney’s Office did not comment specifically on Villeza’s ruling. “We are weighing our options and will proceed accordingly,” a spokesman said Friday.
Gonzalez is charged with the shooting deaths of Bobby Ryan and Jacob Dominguez at his Baldwin Park home on Dec. 11, 2017. He allegedly killed the men while they slept to steal money one of them had collected in an insurance settlement, according to court records. He then allegedly used the gun to carjack a minivan to transport and bury the bodies in the desert near Victorville.
Families speak up
To the dismay of the victims’ families, Villeza decided during a Jan. 19 hearing to drop the enhancements against Gonzalez in accordance with Gascón’s policies.
“Recognizing the principle of separation of powers between the executive and judicial branches, the court granted the motion to dismiss the special circumstance and gang enhancement allegations,” Villeza said in this week’s order, explaining his intitial decision.
However, the judge reversed himself after Kathy Cady, an attorney representing the families of Gonzalez’s victims, filed a motion on behalf of her traumatized clients.
“They were devastated because there was no reason for the blanket policy of Gascón,” she said. “They felt it was a travesty of justice and Gascón was trampling on their rights.”
Soon after taking office in December 2020, Gascón announced prosecutors would no longer seek enhancements for crimes committed by gang members or special allegations for offenses involving guns that could result in longer prison sentences for those convicted.
“Statutory ranges for criminal offenses alone, without enhancements, are sufficient to both hold people accountable and also to protect public safety,” Gascón has said in a policy statement. “While initial incarceration prevents crime through incapacitation, studies show that each additional sentence year causes a 4% to 7% increase in recidivism that eventually outweighs the incapacitation benefit.”
Among his other reforms, Gascon eliminated cash bail for nonserious, nonviolent crimes, stopped the practice of sending prosecutors to parole hearings, took the death penalty off the table for his prosecutors, and said his office would not try juveniles as adults.
Although progressive groups support Gascon’s policy changes, law enforcement agencies and many of his own deputy district attorneys have been critical of the reforms. Additionally, city councils in several Los Angeles County municipalities have given him a “no-confidence” vote and opponents have begun to circulate petitions for a recall election.
Michele Hanisee, president of the Association of Deputy District Attorneys in Los Angeles County, which is suing Gascón to block some of his reforms, said she was pleased with Villeza’s reversal.
“We are so grateful that someone has stepped up to protect victims of crime and ensure that their rights are protected, and are likewise grateful that the judicial system continues to honor victims’ rights,” she said.
