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Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón, Part 3

Norco 80

LAist Studios

True Crime

4.2887 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

George Gascón faces backlash from inside his own D.A.’s office and from the public. He’s become a national scapegoat for right-wing media. LAist Correspondent Frank Stoltze explores how Gascón’s policies have played out for people imprisoned, like Jose Santana, and families of victims. And Frank speaks to recalled San Francisco D.A. Chesa Boudin about his experience and whether the November election could be a referendum on not only Gascón, but also the national progressive DA movement.

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0:00.0

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0:03.6

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0:06.2

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0:10.4

We'll help you follow the money in specific races and break down what it all

0:14.4

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Theater on Broadway. Tickets and information at LAS.com slash events.

0:29.6

You're listening to Imperfect Paradise, the show about the gap between the dream and reality.

0:37.0

I'm Antonia Serajido.

0:39.0

When we left off, we were at the midway point of district attorney George Gascon's

0:46.0

term and he was struggling to implement the reforms he promised facing pushback

0:51.1

from his own office and was confronted with the fact that changing

0:54.8

the rules isn't the same thing as changing the system.

1:00.2

Take resentencing.

1:02.2

Gascon made big promises that he would consider seeking the early release

1:06.4

of tens of thousands of people in prison. But by the middle of his term, fewer than a hundred people have been released.

1:14.0

Gascone says there just weren't enough attorneys to take everything on.

1:18.8

So his office basically triaged.

1:21.8

They started with people who had been transferred to adult court when they were 14 or 15 years old.

1:31.0

Jose Santana was transferred to adult court at 15 years old for stealing two cell phones in 2006.

1:39.0

He took a plea deal that got him two years for the robbery, then additional time because of a gun and gang enhancement.

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