LA County DA Gascón won't seek death penalty for pair charged with torturing, killing boy, 10

A prosecutor with the Los Angeles County district attorney's office is blasting DA George Gascón's Thursday decision to drop the office's bid for the death penalty in the case of a woman and her boyfriend accused of torturing and killing her 10-year-old son. "This is not based upon new evidence," Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Hatami said, according to the City News Service. "This is not based upon new mitigation or new law. I stand by the special-circumstances committee decision that I announced to the court on the record two years ago."-- More...