Imperfect Paradise: District Attorney Gascón, Part 3

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🗓️ 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	We're introducing a new podcast from LA as studios
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0:04.5	Exploring stories that connect generations
0:06.4	and sometimes divide them.
0:07.5	I'm Larry Mansell.
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0:28.2	You're listening to Imperfect Paradise, the show about the gap between the dream and reality.
0:37.0	I'm Antonia Seriijo.
0:41.0	When we left off, we were at the midway point of district attorney George Gascon's term
0:45.4	and he was struggling to implement the reforms he promised facing pushback from
0:50.5	his own office and was confronted with the fact that changing the rules
0:55.0	isn't the same thing as changing the system. Take resentencing.
1:00.8	Gascon made big promises that he would consider seeking the early release of
1:05.4	tens of thousands of people in prison. But by the middle of his term, fewer than a
1:11.0	hundred people have been released.
1:13.0	Gascon says there just weren't enough attorneys to take everything on.
1:18.0	So his office basically triaged.
1:21.0	They started with people who had been transferred to adult court when they were
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