Soros-backed LA DA went easy on man accused of violent crime, and now he's accused of murdering his neighbor



Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is facing renewed criticism after his office refused to imprison a man accused of attempted murder and he went on to allegedly murder his neighbor later.

31-year-old Stefen Sutherland allegedly slashed a construction worker's neck in November 2020 after a noise complaint and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, according to law enforcement sources.

Gascón's office opted for a mental health diversion for Sutherland rather than the prison time recommended by a probation official who wanted to avoid the possibility of further violence.

Sutherland is accused of shooting Jennifer Gomez to death on May 23 over a noise complaint, according to sources with knowledge of the investigation. She was shot 19 times in her home.

Gascón's office released a statement about the case.

"The defendant in this case met the specific eligibility criteria for mental health diversion. A court-appointed psychologist deemed him suitable for the treatment program, and our deputy district attorney agreed to the defense request for mental health diversion," read a statement from a Gascón spokesperson.

"The court approved the treatment plan and deemed the defendant safe for community treatment. The defendant participated for nearly two years in [the] treatment program without issue," the statement continued. "We are saddened by the most recent allegations, and our hearts go out to the victim and those who loved them."

Gascón has been heavily criticized for being soft on crime in order ostensibly to avoid high rates of imprisonment. He has defeated two recall attempts.

Sutherland is being held on a $2 million bail and is due back in court on June 12.

The family of Jennifer Gomez has a GoFundMe account to help pay for her funeral costs.

Here's more about the case:

Our live @FoxNews report this morning on this tragic new example of soft on crime policy going very wrong in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/NnfsXmlBYf
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Teen who received lenient sentence for barreling into a mom and baby has been murdered: 'The universe delivered the justice we weren’t given in court'



A teenager who rammed his car into a mother and her baby and received a light sentence was murdered in Los Angeles County on Wednesday.

Video showed the mother jogging and pushing a stroller down an alley in the city of Venice when a car runs into her. A bystander driving a truck crashed into the car to stop it, and other witnesses kept the suspect at the scene until police arrived.

The hit-and-run case from August 2021 led to national outrage after the George Soros-backed district attorney of Los Angeles County defended the lenient sentence given to the boy, who was 15 years old at the time.

On Friday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department revealed that the same teenager had been shot and killed in his home city of Palmdale, which is also in Los Angeles County.

Kristopher Baca, whose identity had not been previously released because of his age, was shot in the driveway of a home on 11th Street East at about 8:30 p.m. Sources told Fox News that Baca had been trying to flirt with a girl at a restaurant. After he walked off, a vehicle pulled up next to him and a passenger fired gunshots at the teen, killing him.

The mother told Fox News that she was relieved, but also saddened, by the death of the teenager who drove into her and her child.

"The universe delivered the justice we weren’t given in court, but a much harsher punishment than he’d have been dealt in a court of law," she said.

In her testimony before the court, she said that in the moment of impact that she believed her 8-month-old baby had died.

"I thought those were the last moments of our lives," she said. "We were dead. That feeling, along with the memory of a car accelerating directly into us, will haunt me forever."

The teenager, who had been under the influence of drugs during the attack, only received 5 to 7 months in juvenile detention due to the lax prosecution guidelines enforced by progressive DA George Gascón.

Gascón's office justified the sentence at the time by saying that it was based on the "facts and the law."

Here's more about the heinous hit-and-run case:

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