Troy Slaten — a current defense attorney and former child actor whose credits include series regular roles on 'Cagney & Lacey' and 'Parker Lewis Can't Lose' — is running to become a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court
, is an L.A. County deputy district attorney in the Hardcore Gang Unit). Also, despite a nationwide movement "toward funding alternatives to incarceration through treatment and social services," the current Los Angeles County District Attorney, Jackie Lacey, says Slaten, is moving in the opposite direction. "She is increasing prosecutions and not allocating the resources necessary for those types of alternative sentences.
The law changed with regard to ballot designations a couple years ago. Prosecutors used to be able to put things like "gang homicide prosecutor," "child molestation prosecutor." Who would I wonder if people change their names. If your name were, like, "Jack Justicehammer," look out. Well that's an advantage for some and it might be a drawback for others! Some people might think, "I don't want to trust him because he was an actor."
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