Former OC Prosecutor Alleges DA Todd Spitzer Raised Race As Issue In Death Penalty Case

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Former OC Prosecutor Alleges DA Todd Spitzer Raised Race As Issue In Death Penalty Case
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Spitzer blasted the former employee, saying he's disgusted by the mischaracterization of the discussion

Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer was accused of racism for comments he made over a death penalty debate.Vehicle Crashes Into Electrical Pole Causing Fire, Power Outage In Downtown LA

She claims she heard it from police despite the fact that she’d been led to believe that the death penalty would be sought by prosecutors for the accused killer of her son and another woman. There was a meeting a few months earlier about whether to seek the death penalty for murder suspect Buggs, who is Black. Former DA Baytieh said Spitzer allegedly told the group that the race of the defendant’s girlfriends was important when discussing the suspect’s prior domestic violence record.

Spitzer blasted his former employee, saying he’s disgusted by the mischaracterization of the discussion. The DA claims his questions pertained to the prosecution of Buggs and why he allegedly killed a woman he’d never met, someone he may have mistaken for his ex-girlfriend.

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