PROSECUTOR CALLS CASE SHIFT PAYBACK BY DA.Byline: Anne Burke Daily News Staff Writer A prosecutor claimed Wednesday that Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County District Attorney Gil Garcetti Gilbert "Gil" Garcetti (b. August 5, 1941) served as Los Angeles County's 39th District Attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000. Background Gil Garcetti received a bachelor's degree in Management from the University of Southern California and a Juris kicked her off the case of alleged serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. Glen Rogers for political reasons. Deputy District Attorney Lea Purwin D'Agostino said Garcetti reassigned the Rogers case because she urged City Attorney James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California to run against her boss in the last election and because she is weighing her own bid for the county's chief prosecutor. ``It's very clear what his motivations were - political retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and ,'' D'Agostino said. D'Agostino said she was told to turn over her Rogers file last month because Garcetti's office had identified the prosecution as a ``major crimes case.'' Rogers, 34, was sentenced to be executed last month for stabbing to death a woman in a Tampa, Fla., motel bathtub in 1995. He's accused in three other slayings, including that of Sandra Gallagher, a Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. mother of three who met the former carnival worker at a Van Nuys bar. D'Agostino has vigorously sought Rogers' extradition to California to stand trial in that case. Chief Deputy District Attorney Sandra Buttitta issued a brief statement stating that the case was reassigned to the major crimes division, which handles high-profile and complex criminal cases, as part of a ``normal evaluation process.'' But D'Agostino noted that the reassignment came just days after she told Garcetti that it appeared likely that Rogers would stand trial in California. Citing unidentified sources, D'Agostino said that Florida has informally agreed not to oppose Rogers' extradition. ``Garcetti decided there was no way he was going to leave me on one of the highest-profile cases in the office, with all the attendant media coverage,'' she said. D'Agostino and her attorney, Gloria Allred Gloria Rachel Allred (born Gloria Rachel Bloom on July 3, 1941) is an American lawyer and radio talk show host. She is also the mother of Court TV hostess Lisa Bloom. , appeared at a grievance hearing Wednesday afternoon, seeking reinstatement on the case and an apology. The office has five days to respond, the prosecutor said. D'Agostino earned the sobriquet ``Dragon Lady'' during a murder trial many years ago, and has a 99 percent conviction rate during 20 years as a prosecutor, she said. Her only not-guilty verdict came during the ``Twilight Zone'' case, she added. She ran unsuccessfully against District Attorney Ira Reiner Ira Reiner was Los Angeles City Controller from 1977 to 1981, and was City Attorney from 1981 to 1984, both times being succeeded by James Hahn. He was the Los Angeles County District Attorney from 1984 to 1992. , Garcetti's predecessor. D'Agostino's accusations are the latest from several prosecutors who claim that they were the victims of political payback by Garcetti. |
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