"Effective immediately, the prior administration's extreme and categorical policy forbidding prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in any case is rescinded," the DA's office said in a statement announcing the policy change.

Capital punishment will be sought only in “exceedingly rare cases” after detailed review and consultation with crime victims.

Delivering on a campaign promise, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors to seek capital punishment in certain murder cases, undoing a policy of his predecessor, George Gascón.