April 10, 2010
Guest View: Early release places all at risk
Chelsea King now joins Polly Klass, Bill Reagan and thousands of other Californians who have been and will be the victims of ill founded, short sighted sentencing and parole policies. Decisions of governors, legislators, ivory tower criminal justice intellectuals and particularly the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) are major factors in criminality.
The 1977 Determinant Sentence Law gave us Richard Davis who raped and murdered Polly Klass in 1993. In 1992 Senate Bill 92, a parole reform bill, gave us a rash of victimization that included the murder of Bill Reagan on the streets of Sacramento. Current policies give us Chelsea King.
History repeats! Contemporary experts and CDCR leaders pronounce their bright ideas "good for public safety," then run for cover and cover-up while legislators who voted for these policies are "born again" crime fighters when the predictable victimization occurs...
LINK - RedBluffDailyNews.com
