Fox Nation's Lawrence Jones speaks to the families of crime victims pushing to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón.
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Ainsley LOS Angeles district
Ainsley, LOS Angeles district
attorney facing recall effort
less than three months into his
term.
Families in that state of
California, aiming to oust the
newly elected d dot, a claiming his
criminal justice reforms,
prioritize criminals over the
victims,
Fox NEWS analyst Lawrence Jones
went to L dot a to speak with these
families and d dot, a officials
impacted by his policies. He
joins me now with their stories.
Hey Lawrence,
hey there Ainsley difficult
story to report on on how these
victims,
victims are being impacted by
this terrible policy.
Take a look.
I never thought that I would
ever have to
lose a child say good, bye,
Desiree Son Jewel. I can
brutally murdered in May two thousand and eighteen,
but under l dot a district attorney
gascn new reform. All of the
special circumstances that would
have put these suspects away for
life without parole is convicted.
Now dismissed
the day I found out what he
was doing. I felt it was a slain
in the face and for George
Gascn to feel brain havent
been fully developed. I dont
care
someone who murders someone. You
know what youre doing
family of murder, l DOT a county
sheriff sergeant, Steve Owen is
also in mourning
his widow Tonia serve along side
husband and wants killer to face
the death penalty and d dot a
gascn banned it.
I believed, in the justice system,
with my husband not only
murdered but executed. This new
districts attorney has
attorneyed this justice system
that does work completely upside
down and just make you arrive
back to the scene.
We were robbed, robbed of her
husband,
robbed of the son dad and for
this attorney to do this like
robbery, all over
district attorney, George
Gascn sworn into office on
December 7th, two thousand and twenty sense. Then
Gascn has faced swift backlash,
not just from victim families
but from his peers and deputies
within he has own office.
He was sworn in and adopted a
number of what they call special
directors policies that really
are the wholesale abandoningment
of crime victim rights. You can
no longer seek capital
punishment life without the
possibility of parole.
Directives are dangerous not
only to l DOT A, but for this state
and this nation
are the criminals aware of
these changes.
Theyre fully aware
they actually love the d dot A,
and can you imagine that?
Is it typical that a deputy
d dot a takes on the d dot a
no?
It is not typical.
Can you look at the eyes of
the victims in l, DOT, a county and
tell them theyre safe?
I cant. Now
one has gotten justice and
one thousand nine hundred and eighty one Connie, six year old, Son
Jeffrey, was kidnapped and
murdered. His case went for thirty three
years until arrest was made in
two thousand and fifteen, but after gascn reform
threatened to release the killer
early, the Orange County d DOT A
intervened and the predator took
a plea deal with l dot a
he agreed to plead guilty
without possibility of parole
and go to jail for the rest of
his miserable life,
which my husband and I were just
totally relieved.
If it wasnt for the Orange
County, stepping in
thats right
this wouldnt have gone down
the way it would have
thats. Absolutely right.
You kept fighting to get that
justice if but theres a lot of
other victims
that have not gotten justice.
I know
if the d dot A was standing in
front of you. What would you
tell him?
I would love him to tell me
his rational,
but I want to know that hi wake
up every day, one child less
every day,
every day that I have to look
into my grandkids eyes that
hurts,
if youre, not a victim. I
would ask that you think about.
If you had took at your dads
bedside in the hospital holding
him as they did CPR. What would
you want?
Tell them to be strong? This
is not over.
We still have a voice. We can do
something about this
call this man
Ainsley so powerful.
My gosh
when she said every day I wake
up with one child, less
you just hearts, go out for her
cant believe this whats, the
latest with the recall,
yeah
the way I think, seventy days before
you can actually recall the d dot A,
but a lot of peel are fired up
about it, because this is not.
This is not people that are
anti criminal justice reform,
they believe in second chances,
and they talk about that,
but the fact that youre letting
murderers rapist people that
are dangerous to society back on
the street. It is just asinine
and one that I think really
troubles me about this story.
The d dot a didnt even pick up the
phone and call victims. I have
spent more time with the victim
than he has,
I think, thats pretty sad for
elected official
Ainsley. He puts a rubber stamp
on every case that cold case for
thirty four years. Didnt know who killed
her son and thankfully Orange
County stepped in,
but these stories said good bye
to a child husband with
executed, robbed of my son, and I
feel like im reliving
he better listen to them.
These are just a few of them.
Ainsley
there are people all over l dot, a
that have been impacted by this
policy.
I plan on giving them a voice. We
cannot allow this to go down
this way, because this is the
model for the country.
If we dont stand up before the
people in L, DOT a it can be coming
to a city near you in some cases
it already has.
If murders get out too early
before reformed, they ever do get
reformed. It could happen to
another family.
Thank you so much for telling
their stories.
Thank you, my friend,
Ainsley youre welcome. You did
a great job watch Lawrence every
night. Now this week at 700
there, you go prime time hosted
by Lawrence Jones.
Congratulations
hes, so fun to watch
did a great job, all right, Fox, amp
friends, reach out to Gascn
Office to take part, many this
story and they decline our
request for an interview and.
Transcript generated on 2021-03-08.