Murders In Lancaster California

Steve Ipsen, Candidate for Los Angeles District Attorney in 2012, Secures ...

Steve Ipsen, founder and eight term past president of the nation's largest prosecutors union and candidate for Los Angeles District Attorney in 2012, has secured the endorsements of prominent victims' rights leaders from the largest victims organizations in Southern California.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 21, 2011

Steve Ipsen , founder and eight term past president of the nation's largest prosecutors union and candidate for Los Angeles District Attorney in 2012, has secured the endorsements of prominent victims' rights leaders from the largest victims organizations in Southern California. A 25 year veteran prosecutor in the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, Steve has served for nearly a decade as an advisory board member to victims' rights groups across the State. He was a ballot signator for Jessica's Law passed in 2006 and co-author of Marsy's law passed in 2008 by the voters in California.

Marcella Leach co-founded Justice for Homicide Victims after her daughter Marsalee "Marsy" Nicholas was murdered in 1983. "I am forever grateful that my son Nick and Steve partnered to write Marsy's Law, the most comprehensive Victim's Bill of Rights in the United States. I whole heartedly endorse Steve Ipsen for Los Angeles District Attorney," she said.

Saul Zavala, whose daughter Jessica Zavala and niece Olivia Munguia were murdered in Lynwood on their way to school in1999, is the Spanish chapter leader of Justice for Murdered Children. Savala said, "Steve Ipsen will make a significant difference to the Latino community in Los Angeles. He is fair minded and truly the 'People's Prosecutor'." Patricia Wenskunas is the CEO and founder of Crime Survivors and Crime Stoppers of Orange County. "I hope you will join me in endorsing Steve Ipsen for LA County District Attorney in 2012," says Wenskunas.

Shari Martin, whose son Marshall was murdered in Lancaster in 2002, is the Antelope Valley chapter leader for Parents of Murdered Children. "Steve is the only candidate that addresses the dangerous early release policies of our massively over-crowded jails and prisons," says Martin. She supports Ipsen's " Reform First " approach to criminal justice that employs risk assessment criteria to prioritize jail space for dangerous criminals, and diverts non-violent offenders into rigorous work, community service, job training or drug rehabilitation programs in order to stop recidivism and escalation to violent crime. Ipsen states, "We have known about the prison overcrowding crisis for some time and the AB 109 realignment is only a partial solution. 'Reform First' addresses overcrowding issues and prioritizes violent crime to prevent early release of dangers criminals.

Emaciated Dog at Lancaster, CA Pound « YesBiscuit!

A video posted on YouTube appears to show an emaciated dog at the Lancaster, CA pound with a cage card featuring an intake photo of the dog looking very thin, but not emaciated.  From the language on the cage card – “My friends here haven’t had a chance to get to know me yet” – it sounds as if the dog has been locked away from the public.  The card indicates the dog was picked up as a stray on 12/23/11 and will be available on 12/30/11.  I’m concerned that by 12/30/11, there might not be much of a dog left for an owner to reclaim or an adopter to take home.  Does anyone know any of this dog’s “friends” at the Lancaster pound ?  Are they doing everything they can for this poor dog?  Is the place even open?

This is absolutely disgusting! That a thin dog should end up looking like no one has fed him since he was taken into custody. There is no excuse good enough to explain this dog’s condition!

It reminds me of a picture of a little dog at MAS that was the beginning of an investigation resulting in the animal cruelty charges of three employees there. Fix this immediately!

I emailed the shelter and received this reply in less than an hour. I’ve updated the YouTube page and the Facebook page for Friends of Lancaster Animal Shelter to reflect this information.

“Thank you for contacting us about this dog. I would like to start by saying that from the first day the dog got into our care, he was under proper medical care and especial feeding was ordered by our medical staff to ensure the dog would gain weight. This morning, our vet. Recommended the dog to be taken to a private veterinarian for further analysis since he lost his appetite and he wasn’t eating like when he came in.

One of our rescue partners came through for the dog and the dog was placed under foster care with them. The dog was taken immediately to a private veterinarian and we are hoping he will be improving soon enough.

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