Drug Possession: LA Murders Have Their Day in Court

Drug Possession: LA Murders Have Their Day in Court



Suspects in Northridge Slayings to Return to LA LOS ANGELES (KABC) — More fallout from the Northridge quadruple murder: We now know the prime suspect could have been sent back to prison earlier this year but was not. Now Los Angeles County supervisors are trying to exert more control over paroled felons. It was a unanimous vote from the Los Angeles County Supervisors. They will get more controls and information on convicted criminals released on parole in the county. The man accused of murdering four people in Northridge early this month was not in prison, despite his violent past. Suspect Ka Pasasouk was allowed into a drug diversion program in September at the recommendation of the LA County District Attorney’s Office after his last conviction on drug charges. The DA’s Office now says that was a mistake. “There might be four people alive today in Northridge, California if they had taken the wise counsel of most of us here two years ago on that portion of the bill,” said Yaroslavsky. Pasasouk’s last conviction was for drug possession. Yet he has a long history of convictions for violent crimes. The supervisors warned about the provision in Assembly Bill 109 that tries to divert convicted criminals from prison based on their last conviction. Supervisor Mike Antonovich introduced the ordinance to get more information about parolees. “Since October 1st, 2012, we’ve had over 12000 people who should be on state parole put down on county probation departments throughout the

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