https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...l-charges.html

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is expanding a program to drop criminal proceedings against juveniles charged with a range of felonies, according to a leaked memo.

The Restorative Enhanced Diversion for Youth (REDY) program was launched on a pilot basis last month, and Gascón is expanding it to cover a range of felony charges, according to the memo obtained by KTTV reporter Bill Melugin.

Under the expansion, youth would be eligible for 'diversion' after being charged with burglary, assault, vehicle theft, robbery, grand theft person, sexual battery, and arson, according to the memo.

A number of felonies would remain ineligible for diversion, including homicide, forcible rape, gun crimes, and crimes resulting in serious injuries.

'According to this policy, prosecutors in the LA DA office tell me if a juvenile were to follow you home, pull a knife on you, threaten to kill you, then use force to rob you, and they are later arrested, they would be eligible for diversion rather than prosecution,' Melugin wrote in a tweet.

The expansion of the REDY program drew outrage from critics, with venture capitalist David Sacks tweeting: 'Gascon works for the criminals, not the people.'

The district attorney's office did not immediately respond to an inquiry from DailyMail.com on Friday afternoon.

Gascón is a progressive prosecutor who has been vocal about his belief that the criminal justice system needs to focus more on intervention and rehabilitation, blasting 'tough on crime' policies as racist and a failure.

'This program will help repair the immense harm that criminal behavior inflicts on our community by giving crime victims the opportunity to actively participate in the restorative justice process,' Gascón said in a statement on the launch of the REDY pilot last month.

'Restorative justice' is a trendy approach to criminal justice that focuses on mediating between the offender and the victim as they discuss the crime, with the goal of achieving some kind of redress for the harms caused by the offense.

For example, the offender could apologize to the victim, or offer to return or replace stolen or damaged property.

damn teen boys just got the go ahead to do all the raping they want, surely this will go well

so a paradise for criminals?

i sure do hope that criminals move there for the freedom they are about to enjoy

How about the fact that men who commit crimes do it regardless of the penalty they pay for prison time/death penalty? Dead serious. As someone in another thread said increasing the penalities for crime don't deter crime...in other words making it legal to kill all criminals convicted of rape/murder don't deter them...you think they're thinking about that penalties when they're committing those atrocious crimes? no.

You are such a dumb ****git.

You robbed a bank and didn’t even attempt to cover your face. It’s obvious there isn’t a lot going on upstairs.

I don't get your logic. Anytime crime is brought up people like you bring up strawmans about deterrence. Literally like clockwork.

We can look at the causes of crime while also making sure perpetrators are locked away from society. When a rapist or burglar or murderer is locked up, that is one less person we have to worry about.

Didn't they decriminalize knowingly transmitting HIV too?

Brb chilling in house, juvenile burglar breaks in, rapes you, gives you aids

LA county: oh well

Penalties for crimes are partially about deterrent but they also remove the actual predator from society to prevent them from doing it again. If someone likes to rape women I want him removed from the population so he can't rape more women.

Boys will be boys.

But it gets them off the streets so they can't reoffend.

In before youth gangs break into your house and fondle your daughter and take your stuff and assault you.

Illegal to shoot them as long as they claim they don't intend to kill you.

Do you see how we are being invaided? And our own government helps with the invasion. If you leave the state, they get your house. Hopefully you sell it for enough. So you will be landlocked when thugs own california and charge $$$ for shipments to pass through.

Dindu paradise

Thing is people voted for this DA. I’m sorry but I can’t say I have much sympathy anymore.

This has to be a troll.

I would like it better if they had to participate in some type of mentor program once released.
I don't think sexual battery is rape or sexual assault.

This is your average american lefty calling for cops to be defunded lol

Rapeugees going to have a field day with this . No more prosecution for sexual emergencies now

Didn't you post yesterday that you were leaving the misc?