New crimes in Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman Said his office will begin seeking death penalty “immediately” but only after a thorough review “in the rarest cases.”
California has a statewide moratorium on death row, but it’s still on books where prosecutors can still try to put criminals on death row.
“I remain firmly committed to a comprehensive assessment of every special case murder case prosecuted by Los Angeles County and consult with survivors of the murder victims and go all out to ensure the mitigation and aggravation factors the office seeks to ensure that the punishment the office seeks is fair, fair, appropriate, appropriate,” Hodgman said. ”
Nathan Hochman of the Los Angeles District Attorney Candidate Forum at Pacific Palms Resort. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
He said his office would only seek death penalty in “the worst case.” As part of the new policy, defense attorneys will also have more opportunities to prevent evidence.
Hodgman’s former George Gascon, an opponent of the death penalty in September 2023, doubled after the ambush murder of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer30.
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer and District Attorney George Gascon. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
While murders of law enforcement officers can be eligible for the death penalty under California law, Gascon has barred cable prosecutors from seeking special circumstances charges, including reinforcement of firearms and targeted officials.
He then shocked the family of the killed deputy because it “didn’t become a deterrent” by publicly declaring that he would not seek death penalty for 29-year-old suspect Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar. Fox 11 Los Angeles.
Kevin Salazar is believed to have been detained outside a home in Palmdale, California, on suspicion of killing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy. (Keynews.tv)
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According to the Death Penalty Information Center, which tracks U.S. executions, Covid-19 killed more prisoners than the state has executed inmates over the past three decades.
According to the nonprofit, California has never enforced condemned prisoners since 2006, and is the country’s largest population of deaths.
