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THE next Los Angeles County district attorney will have to lead the agency through troubled times that include, among other things, statewide budget cuts, the early release of prisoners, and the rise of new technology as a weapon to commit crime. That's why we're supporting the candidate who can best guide the prosecutor's office into the future: Alan Jackson... There are six candidates for Los Angeles district attorney in the first race in 46 years in which the incumbent is not running. Of those six, two are clearly worthy of the office: Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson and Chief Deputy Jackie Lacey. Our choice is Jackson.
LA County Deputy District Attorney Alan Jackson stirred up Norris Auditorium with a compelling presentation on February 7. Lead prosecutor in the high profile Phil Spector murder trial, Mr. Jackson explored the important use of forensic science in achieving a conviction. Comparing the Spector and OJ Simpson cases, Mr. Jackson suggested that the media was a significant factor in the way the Simpson case was tried. He didn’t want that with Spector...
"I was told not to talk to reporters," Carmen Trutanich photographer Scott Redinger, aka Scott Libolt, aka Scott Redinger-Libolt, aka DJ Precarious has told the Daily News.
"Trutanich's record cannot stand up against mine," the prosecutor in the lime green tie tells me.
For the first time since 1964, there is an open race for the post of Los Angeles County district attorney. There are six announced candidates—all of them members of the DA’s Office. Considerable time remains for others to enter the contest; the period for filing nominating papers does not begin until Feb. 13, 2012. However, serious fundraising has already begun on the part of some of the announced contenders, and it appears unlikely that last-minute candidacies will be declared...
The murder conviction and prison sentence of “wall of sound” music producer Phil Spector for the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson were upheld by a California appeals court...
Famed but incarcerated producer Phil Spector, who created the influential Wall of Sound style so crucial to a slew of mainstream pop hits from the 1960s, will remain behind bars, at least for now. Reuters reports that, on Monday, a California appeals court upheld Spector's conviction for second-degree murder, after his attorneys unsuccessfully argued that the trial leading to that conviction was prejudiced...
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