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“…Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón said he would not seek the death penalty for Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, charged with killing a police officer and his own cousin in 2017.
Officer Keith Boyer, 53, was killed when he responded to a report of a traffic collision in which Mejia was involved. Mejia also shot officer Patrick Hazell while trying to flee the scene of the crash. Hazell survived.
Deputy District Attorneys Garrett Dameron and Geoff Lewin both objected to removing the death penalty from the case.
“[D]espite our attempts to prevent this from happening, we’ve been ordered to remove the death penalty as punishment consideration in this case,” Dameron said.
Gascón, who was sworn into office two months ago, pledged he would no longer pursue the death penalty, adding that he had a “mandate from the public.”
Boyer’s stepfather, Don Clark, said removing the death penalty is “a punch to the gut.”
“People don’t realize how hard it is on the families,” Clark said. “What Gascón’s doing — not only to our family, but to the cousin’s family — but to so many other families … that’s absolutely horrendous.”…”
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I think this kind of nonsense talk is a disservice to the country and to the people he thinks he is helping.
The only lack of equal justice occurs when Democrats are not held to the same standards as Republicans.
“…Carl Hart is a Columbia University professor of psychology and neuroscience. He chairs the psych department and has a fondness for heroin – not only as a subject of scholarly pursuit but also as a substance for personal use.
At 54, the married father of three has snorted small amounts of heroin for as many as 10 days in a row and enjoyed it mightily – even if, as he recalls in his new book “Drug Use for Grown-ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear” (Penguin Press), he’s experienced mild withdrawal symptoms “12 to 16 hours after the last dose.”
But, as Hart sees it, the discomfort is a worthwhile trade-off.
“There aren’t many things in life that I enjoy more than a few lines by the fireplace at the end of the day,” he writes, pointing out that the experience leaves him “refreshed” and “prepared to face another day.”…”
Which is the best ever @CocaCola advertising slogan?
▪️Taste the Feeling
▪️It’s the Real Thing
▪️Life Tastes Good
▪️Try to Be Less White https://t.co/2zxdAX2jMe— Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) February 19, 2021
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