Articles written by Micele Hanisee

Micele Hanisee, President Association of Deputy District Attorneys|Apr 19, 2022

While running for office, George Gascón attacked Jackie Lacey's record of declining to prosecute police officers who killed people and promised to go a step further and undo what he saw as her mistakes. One of his first acts upon taking office was to convince the Board of Supervisors to give him more than $6 million over four years to hire outside counsel to re-examine closed cases where the District Attorney's Office had previously cleared police officers. Gascón handpicked a criminal defense a...