{"id":2828,"date":"2011-05-19T10:02:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T18:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=2828"},"modified":"2011-05-22T17:30:49","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T01:30:49","slug":"gascon-personally-opposed-to-the-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2828\/gascon-personally-opposed-to-the-death-penalty\/","title":{"rendered":"Gasc\u00f3n &#8220;personally opposed&#8221; to the Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/2011_justice_summit_20110518\/_w2w4322_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n. Photos by Luke Thomas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/luke\/\">Luke Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May 19, 2011<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n revealed yesterday he is personally opposed to the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am personally against the death penalty,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n, who is seeking election at large in November, told FCJ, \u201cbut I cannot say categorically that I will not follow the law of the State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n made the comment yesterday following his appearance at the 2011 Justice Summit organized by Public Defender Jeff Adachi where he was one of four panelists discussing the future of the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Sixteen states have so far abolished the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Sitting beside Gasc\u00f3n on the panel was former death-row inmate John T. Thompson who spent 14 years in Louisiana\u2019s notorious Angola prison before being exonerated of his 1985 conviction for murder.<\/p>\n<p>Thompson made several pleas to Gasc\u00f3n during the discussion asking him to reconsider his position on the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask that you reconsider your position on the death penalty and to join in the fight to abolish the death penalty,\u201d Thompson said looking at Gasc\u00f3n, adding that the criminal justice system is tainted by racism and over zealous prosecutors more interested in conviction rates than justice.  Thompson\u2019s conviction and death sentence was overturned when it was discovered exculpatory evidence was deliberately withheld at trial.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos2011\/2011_justice_summit_20110518\/_w2w4237_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former death row inmate JT Thomspon pleas with District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n to join the fight to abolish the death penalty.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n made headlines in January shortly after his swearing in by former Mayor Gavin Newsom when he told reporters he is \u201cnot philosophically opposed to the death penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comment yesterday appears to be a softening of his public position on the death penalty in a city where it is estimated 20 to 30 percent of voters are opposed to State-sanctioned murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gasc\u00f3n made the comment yesterday following his appearance at the 2011 Justice Summit organized by Public Defender Jeff Adachi where he was one of four panelists discussing the future of the death penalty.  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