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George Gascon Biography

George Gascón (born 1954) is the District Attorney of San Francisco. He was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom in January 2011 to succeed California Attorney General Kamala Harris. In November 2011, Gascón was elected as District Attorney of San Francisco.

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We need to acknowledge that the death penalty is broken beyond repair.

Broken, Death, Death Penalty, Needs, Penalty, Repair

In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution within the past 10 years where these officers were involved, this is a shameful incident that the public deserves to have addressed in a meaningful and expeditious manner.

Assessment, Conducting, Equitable, Meaningful, Past

Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated

Conviction, Death Penalty, Irreversibility, Law Enforcement, Overstated, Possibility

Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system makes mistakes and the possibility of executing innocent people is both inherently wrong and morally reprehensible; (2) My personal experience and crime data show the death penalty does not reduce crime; and (3) The death penalty wastes precious resources that could be best used to fight crime and solve thousands of unsolved homicides languishing in filing cabinets in understaffed police departments across the state.

Believe, Fighting, Filing, Mistake, Replaced

Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

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Margot Fonteyn

William Easterly

William Easterly

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser

Earl Butz

Earl Butz

Edward Kasner

Edward Kasner

Joshua Nkomo

Joshua Nkomo

Walter Tevis

Walter Tevis

Rachel Weisz

Rachel Weisz

Paul Broca

Paul Broca

Edmund Randolph

Edmund Randolph

Karyn Calabrese

Karyn Calabrese