--- title: "4 George Gascon Quotes - Famous Lawyer (Making policing more affordable)" description: "George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020, to Dece..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-gascon-37693.jpg" --- ![Portrait of George Gascon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-gascon-37693.jpg) # George Gascon (1954) Lawyer **4** quotes in **66** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet George Gascon is a lawyer, best known for *Making policing more affordable*. ## Quick Facts About George Gascon Born January 1, 1954 Profession Lawyer Notable works Making policing more affordable ## About George Gascon George Gascón is an American attorney and former police officer who served as the District Attorney of Los Angeles County from December 7, 2020, to December 3, 2024. A member of the Democratic Party and a former member of the Republican Party, Gascón served as the district attorney of San Francisco from 2011 to 2019. Prior to his work as a prosecutor, he was an assistant chief of police for the LAPD, and Chief of Police in Mesa, Arizona and San Francisco. ## Quotes by George Gascon > [In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gascon/in-order-to-ensure-our-criminal-justice-system-is-fair-and-equitable/) [George Gascon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gascon/) [Assessment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/assessment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/george-gascon-73485_assessment_in-order-to-ensure-our-criminal-justice_386337.jpg) > [Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gascon/given-my-experience-i-believe-there-are-three-compelling-reasons-why/) [George Gascon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gascon/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/george-gascon-73485_believe_given-my-experience-i-believe-there-are_1893171.jpg) > [Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gascon/given-the-irreversibility-of-the-death-penalty-the-possibility-of-a/) [George Gascon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gascon/) [Conviction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conviction/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f6/george-gascon-73485_conviction_given-the-irreversibility-of-the-death-p_2998299.jpg) > [We need to acknowledge that the death penalty is broken beyond repair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gascon/we-need-to-acknowledge-that-the-death-penalty-is-broken-beyond-repair/) [George Gascon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gascon/) [Acknowledge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acknowledge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b41/george-gascon-73485_acknowledge_we-need-to-acknowledge-that-the-death-pe_3157691.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gascon/#itemlist", "name": "George Gascon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution within the past 10 years where these officers were involved. 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