Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón continued to backtrack some controversial policies over the weekend, reversing his ban on pursuing life sentences and trying juveniles as adults, and saying that a recent sexual assault case sentence may have been too short. Gascón issued a directive on Feb. 18 lifting his previous bans on pursuing life sentences against defendants and trying adults as minors. He addressed these changes in a statement on Feb. 20, saying he “became aware” of “extremely troubling statements” by Hannah Tubbs—a 26-year-old transgender female who pled guilty to the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl—after the sentencing. Because Tubbs was 17 years old when the crime was committed in 2014, a judge sentenced Tubbs to only two years in a juvenile prison. “They’re gonna stick me on probation, and it’s gonna be dropped, it’s gonna be done, I won’t have to register, won’t have to do nothing,” …
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