A variety of local law enforcement officials say arrests and investigations traditionally prosecuted by the LA County District Attorney's Offic eare being…
Certain crimes investigated by police around Southern California are more frequently being prosecuted at the U.S. Attorney's Office, officials tell the NBC4 I-TeamA variety of local law enforcement officials say arrests and investigations traditionally prosecuted by the LA County District Attorney's Office, including certain drug, gang, and gun cases, are being re-routed more frequently by police to federal prosecutors in efforts to obtain harsher penalties.
According to an internal DA's office memo, Chief Deputy District Attorney Sharon Woo directed the case be filed as an involuntary manslaughter instead, which generally carries a maximum penalty of up to four years in prison. He said he was angry when he learned of the DA's decision to file a lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter, and personally appealed to DA Gascón to reconsider.
“Why the change? Just before an election cycle, I wonder? And that's why I'm angry enough to sit here in front of you and share this," Markley said.“What we’re doing here is expanding the number of cases that we bring federally," US Attorney Martin Estrada said at a news conference in March announcing a gun crime enforcement partnership with the LAPD and the LA County and Ventura County Sheriff's Departments.
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