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Families of crime victims push to recall LA DA Gascon: 'It's just like robbery all over again'

2021-03-02 | 🔗
Fox Nation's Lawrence Jones speaks to the families of crime victims pushing to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón.
This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. Accuracy is not guaranteed.
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.