The death penalty is no longer off the table in Los Angeles County.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced he’s reversing the policy of his predecessor and will resume seeking the death penalty “only after an extensive and comprehensive review and only in exceedingly rare cases.”
“Effective immediately, the prior administration’s extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in any case is rescinded … This new policy recognizes an evolving determination that the death penalty should be restricted to the most egregious sets of circumstances,” the DA’s Office said in a news release…