David Robert Hursell was last seen alive on Monday, January 19, 1987 near Greenwood, California. Hursell is presumed dead due to a confession given by Robert Charles Comer in 1999 from his prison cell in Arizona.
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JOSEPH PATRICK LEONARD has six outstanding felony NO BAIL warrants for burglary, vehicle theft, vandalism, possession of narcotic paraphernalia, and failure to appear.
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In January of 2007, Vern became El Dorado County's District Attorney. He has personally prosecuted numerous, significant cases such as the murder of C.H.P Officer Scott Russell and Phil and Nancy Garrido for the 1991 abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard. He created a highly successful Cold Homicide Task Force and developed one of the first paperless prosecutor's offices in California. For more than five years Vern served as the county's Chief Technology Officer. Vern serves on the Board of Directors for the California District Attorneys Association and is the co-chair of the Association's Ethics and Insurance Fraud Committees.
Posted: September 16, 2020
California Assembly Bill 3234 is a threat to public safety and victim’s rights. It has been rushed through the legislative process without allowing for public comment or careful consideration.
Posted: August 04, 2020
August 4, 2020—The California District Attorneys Association today asked NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to pull a video produced by the league as part of its new Inspire Change campaign because it “misrepresents the facts” of the officer involved shooting death of Sacramento resident Stephon Clark in 2018.
Posted: November 15, 2019
District Attorney Vern Pierson: Science Has Identified Common Threads in School Shootings. "The crisis of mass shootings and school shootings is complex...Our solutions should be grounded in science not hyperbole."