Gang Members’ Convictions Upheld for Youth Preacher’s Killing in Venice
August 17, 2016
A state appellate court panel recently upheld the convictions of two gang members for a Compton youth preacher’s shooting death in Venice
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Woman regains Eyesight after 30 Years
March 9, 2016
Thirty years ago, Lisa Garrett, 53, was taking her son home from school when her life took a drastic turn.
“A gang was coming down the street and they just screamed out ‘West Side!’” Garrett said.
Then shots rang out and Garrett shielded her then 7-year-old son to keep him safe.
Gang Member Sentenced to 29-Year Prison Term for Christmas Day Killing
September 3, 2015
A gang member who pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter for his role in the 2010 Christmas night killing of a woman in front of her 3-year-old daughter in South Los Angeles was sentenced last Thursday to 29 years in state prison. Ezekiel Simon — who was 16 at the time of the killing of Kashmier James but was charged as an adult — also pleaded no contest to the attempted murder of a man who was not struck by the gunfire. The defendant also admitted gang and gun allegations. In sentencing Simon, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy