Sister of gang violence victim slams LA DA Gascón's push to eliminate juvenile strikes
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Aja Courtney, who reportedly lost her brother in a gang-related shooting, argued on Sunday that Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón's policies are “giving way to more violence.”
Gascón - joined by Los Angeles Assembly Member Miguel Santiago, a Democrat - unveiled legislation on Friday that would stop strikes committed by minors from later being used against them in adult proceedings, according to a news release. The release noted that, under California’s current Three Strikes law, specified felonies that are found true in a juvenile court proceeding are permitted to be alleged as a strike prior in a future adult criminal proceeding - in an effort to enhance a defendant’s potential length of time behind bars. "The human brain is not fully developed until we are somewhere in the mid-20’s," Gascón said Friday.More Related News