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Podcast: Holdinโ Court Podcast
Episode: Deputy DA John McKinney On Working The Gang Division In LA, Nipsey Hussle, Xinran Ji, And His Campaign For DA.
Description: Deputy DA John McKinney received his law degree from UCLA in 1997 and worked at superior courts in South Gate, Whittier, West Covina, and Compton. Mr. McKinney also worked in the V.I.P. unit which was a small, specially trained group of prosecutors who handle cases involving special victims, like the Special Victims Unit portrayed on the NBC show โLaw and Order SVU.โJohn McKinney also prosecuted high-profile murder cases while assigned to the Major Crimes Division. His most recent trial involved the death of Grammy award-winning rapper, businessman, and voice of South Los Angeles, Ermias Asghedom, aka...