Gil Garcetti

Gilbert Salvadore Iberri "Gil" Garcetti (born August 5, 1941) is an American politician. He served as Los Angeles County's 40th District Attorney for two terms, from 1992 until November 7, 2000. Gil Garcetti received a bachelor's degree in Management from the University of Southern California and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles. Before becoming District Attorney, Garcetti served within the office for over twenty years, from trial prosecutor to managerial positions and eventually becoming chief deputy district attorney for his predecessor, Ira Reiner (District Attorney from 1984 – 1992). Reiner decided not to run for a third term, and Garcetti won the 1992 election. Entering the 1992 elections, LA County was still recovering from the aftermath of the highly publicized 1991 Rodney King beating at the hands of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the massive unrest of the 1992 LA Riots. Garcetti's first term was dominated by his office's prosecution of the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial. The long, costly criminal trial ended with a "not guilty" verdict on October 3, 1995. Despite the setback, Garcetti was able to win re-election in 1996,