Ex-gangster removed from injunction

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For the first time in the nation, an ex-gang member's name has been removed from a gang injunction that limits the movement of people suspected of having gang ties, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Thursday.Brandon Lowery in the Daily News.

City officials used the announcement to show that Los Angeles has made it considerably easier for former gang members to find redemption within the law.

Under the old process, people could petition the City Attorney's Office to get off the list, but even city officials acknowledged it was nearly impossible to succeed.
rn their lives around," Delgadillo said. The first successful applicant "was able to provide sufficient, reliable and verifiable information that he is not a member of any community street gang."

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