Prosecutors To Retry Man Accused Of Killing Police Officer
LAPPL News Watch
December 3, 2020
Prosecutors will re-try a case against a man accused of killing a Los Angeles police officer over 30 years ago, but the incoming district attorney will not seek the death penalty again despite the family's wishes for capital punishment.
Kenneth Earl Gay, 62, is charged with murder in the death of Officer Paul Verna in 1983. The California Supreme Court has twice overturned Gay’s death sentence and in February vacated his original conviction, forcing Los Angeles prosecutors to decide if they would pursue the case again during a fraught election cycle and as anti-police sentiments gripped the country.
A judge has ruled against a defense motion that would have excluded information from the previous proceedings — a decision that Gay is expected to appeal. The case returns to court Jan. 14.
The Los Angeles Police Protective League, which represents LAPD rank-and-file officers, said it hopes Gascon keeps moving forward on the case to "ensure a clear message is sent that the murder of law enforcement officers will not be tolerated in our community.”
“Gay’s heinous crime robbed our city of a police
officer who was a proven hero, robbed a wife of her husband and robbed
two sons of the chance to know their father," union president Craig
Lally said.
1 comment:
Gascon is an ambulatory turd.
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