. Because of the rise of fentanyl, Orange and Riverside County have joined together to bring justice to victims of fentanyl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOrange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer and Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced last Tuesday that fentanyl dealers who deal fentanyl that results in death can be charged with murder. Spitzer said, \u201cWe have seen a 1,000% increase over the last five years as a result of overdoses and deaths by fentanyl. Rich, poor, Black, White, Brown, men, women, children, hardcore drug users and first-time drug users who are exposed have died.\u201d Spitzer said that first time offenders can get a plea deal that requires the dealer to acknowledge the deadliness of fentanyl but if the dealer re-offends, they can be charged with second-degree murder. In Riverside County, Mike Hestrin is already prosecuting seven second degree murder cases regarding pill pushing with implied malice. San Bernardino County is also following suit of Orange and Riverside County as they filed their first murder case for a fentanyl dealer back in July.<\/span><\/p>\nBut one county has been absent from this. Los Angeles county will not follow the surrounding counties. Alex Bastian, special adviser to the leftist D.A of Los Angeles George Gascon said, \u201cWe have been down this road before: we know that increased penalties for drug offenses do not save lives. Over the last three decades as we increased penalties, drugs became more potent, cheaper and easier to access. We need to learn from the failed strategies of the past, in order to find solutions for the future.\u201d Gascon has been heavily criticized for his policies on criminal justice, primarily in regards to his decision to dissolve a number of gang units.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGascon should join his colleagues in bringing fentanyl dealers to justice. At a press conference for this crackdown Spitzer showed that a lethal dose of fentanyl can fit on the nose of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s face on the penny. <\/span><\/p>\nPhoto Cred: Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register\/SCNG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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