Los Angeles’ a new strict crime District State Attorney Nathan Hochman He said his office would “immediately” start looking for a death penalty – but only “in the rarest cases” after a thorough examination.
In California, there is a moratorium throughout the country for a death sentence, but it remains on books, and prosecutors can still demand that they sentence to death.
“I am still unwaveringly committed to the comprehensive and thorough assessment of every case of the killing of special circumstances in Los Angeles district, with the counseling with the survivors of the victim’s victim is a complete contribution to the alleviating and aggravating factors of each case, to ensure that the penalty the office has sought only, appropriately,” Hochman said on Tuesday.
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Nathan Hochman at the Forum of the candidate for state prosecutor in Los Angeles to Pacific Palms Resort. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
His office will seek a death penalty only under “the most striking gatherings of circumstances,” he said. As part of a new policy, defense attorneys will also receive more options to prevent evidence relieved.
In September 2023. Hochman’s predecessor George Gascon, an opponent of the death penalty, doubled Ryan Clinkunbroomer30.
Deputy Sheriff from Los Angeles, Ryan Clinkunbroomer and District Prosecutor George Gascon. (Brian Van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Although the murder of the law enforcement officer may be acceptable for the death sentence under the California law, Gascon forbade the plaintiffs of the line to seek allegations of special circumstances, including improvements of weapons and targeting official officials.
He then shocked the family of the murdered deputy publicly announcing that he would not seek the death sentence for suspect Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, 29, because “does not serve as a distraction”, according to the words Fox 11 Los Angeles.
Kevin Salazar was seen in custody outside the house in Palmdale, California on suspicion of killing the deputy sheriff of Los Angeles County. (Keynews.tv)
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According to the Information Center for the Death Penalty, which follows the executions across the US, Covid-19 killed more prisoners of death than the state has executed in the last three decades.
California, which has not executed a convicted prisoner since 2006, has the largest population of death in the country, according to a non -profit organization.
