hall of justice

On the final day of the campaign, Hochman stood in front of the Hall of Justice in downtown L.A., backed by dozens of prosecutors chanting his slogan: “Gascón must go.”

Nearly a month after a tense hour-long hearing at the Hall of Justice to decide the fate of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sergeant accused of spreading “rumors and/or gossip,” the agency decided this week to demote the woman despite her claims she was attempting to call out misconduct.

In July at the Riverside Hall of Justice, Judge Thomas Kelly sentenced her to 90 days of custody through a work release program, 200 hours of community service and two years of probation.

The two had worked the early morning shift at the old Hall of Justice jail in 1984, Lankford said in a deposition.

“We have no tolerance for our hate in our community,” he said during a news conference at the Hall of Justice, adding later that “police are doing their work, we’re prosecuting cases.”