Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley decided not to press charges against John Crawley, citing that such a matter is a waste of his office's resources and should best be handled by the voters.
As District Attorney, Cooley first made the headlines in the prosecution of Winona Ryder for shoplifting.
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He has been a prosecutor for 27 years, and was Los Angeles County District Attorney from 2000 to 2012, in which he defeated incumbent two-term District Attorney Gil Garcetti, a Democrat.
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In 2006, Cooley was the most notable law enforcement official to publicly oppose Proposition 83, better known as "Jessica's Law," a measure named after Jessica Lunsford, a 9-year-old who was raped and murdered by a paroled sex offender in Florida.
Republican Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley declined to press hate crime charges, a decision that sparked outrage in the community.
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