California law now requires parole commissioners to give greater weight to freeing inmates who were young when they committed their crime, and those who are now elderly and have served lengthy pris…
By Don Thompson | Associated Press
The decision by Commissioner Patricia Cassady and Deputy Commissioner Keith Stanton will still be considered by Gov. Gavin Newsom, but he can’t block it because it’s not a murder conviction. He could only refer the decision to the full Board of Parole Hearings for a review. All three were from wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families when they kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver near Chowchilla, about 125 miles southeast of San Francisco.
California law now requires parole commissioners to give greater weight to freeing inmates who were young when they committed their crime, and those who are now elderly and have served lengthy prison sentences.
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