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,Oct 04, 2023
LA District Attorney Won’t Pursue the Death Penalty Because it “Doesn’t Serve as a Deterrent” and “Does Not Bring People Back”
On September 26, 2023, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that he would not seek the death penalty in the case of slain Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer. “If I thought that the death penalty was going to stop people f…