“George Gascon’s inexcusable refusal to prosecute Denmonne Lee in criminal court for the first murder was a miscarriage of justice and now a second victim is dead as a result. Lee should have been in prison instead of on the streets of L.A. when he committed the new murder. at the time, Jackie Lacey, sought to transfer Lee’s case from juvenile court to criminal court, where Lee could have faced decades in prison. Michelle Brace, the widow of Lee’s 2018 victim John Ruh, told The Times that she was frustrated by Gascon’s refusal to prosecute Lee and is now planning to move out of California. “He didn’t know what he was doing with his directives and the lives they’d shatter,” Brace told The Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 21, 2024 20:35 UTC