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New Los Angeles prosecutor ends cash bail for many offenses

by Stefanie Dazio
| December 7, 2020 2:06 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, seeking to revamp the nation’s largest prosecutor’s office with progressive policies, said Monday after taking office that cash bail will be ended for many offenses and sentences in thousands of cases will be reevaluated.

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