In the aftermath of the social protests inspired by the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis

police officer, a wave of progressive prosecutors were elected across the country, dedicated

to rolling back the tough on crime, lock them up policies that have defined criminal justice

in this country for decades.

None of those prosecutors have proven more controversial than Los Angeles District

Attorney George Gaskone. From his first day in office, Gaskone, a former L.A. Street

cop, issued sweeping directives to put an end to cash bail, the death penalty, life sentences

without parole, and the prosecution of anyone younger than 18 as an adult, without exceptions.

But today, as violent crime rates in Los Angeles and across California's spike, Gaskone's

reforms have triggered a ferocious pushback, including from his own prosecutors who sued

him for his efforts to bypass California's so-called three strikes in your outlaw.

Now Gaskone is facing a well-funded recall campaign that has already raised over $3 million.

Will Gaskone survive the effort to remove him from office? And if he doesn't, what message

will that send to progressive prosecutors throughout the country? We'll talk to Gaskone and

get his take on what he still thinks he's gotten right, as well as some of the admitted

mistakes he's made on this episode of Skull Duggery.

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joined by our LA Bureau Chief National Political Reporter, Andrew Romano, who was with me in

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