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The California Legislature thinks you are safer when convicted child molesters who were sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars are let out of prison early. Not because they have been rehabilitated. But because they turned 50 years old. Under California’s elder parole law, even convicted sex offenders are eligible to be released from prison after serving 20 years of their sentence and they have turned 50 years old. AB 47, a bi-partisan bill authored by Stephanie Nguyen(D-Sacramento) and co-authored by Juan Alanis (R-Modesto), fought to keep convicted sex offenders out of our communities and behind the bars. AB 47 would have required sex offenders to have served at least 25 continuous years in prison and be at least 65 years old before being eligible for elderly parole. But the California Legislature killed the bill on Friday. And as a result sex offenders across California will be eligible for release – after just 20 years and they are 50 years old. That means Matthew Zakrzewski, a male nanny from Costa Mesa who was sentenced to 707 years to life for molesting 16 boys as young as 2 years old and providing child pornography to a 17th boy, will be eligible for parole after just 20 years in custody when he turns 50. That’s in 14 years. During the Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing on AB 47, Assemblymember Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) said he couldn’t understand why the was even debating letting “the worst of the worst” out early when a judge had heard all of the evidence and sentenced a defendant based on the evidence. There are some people who just aren’t capable of being rehabilitated, Lackey argued. We couldn’t agree more. Californians aren’t safer when sex offenders are let out of prison early. They are safer when convicted sex offenders are behind bars serving the sentence they earned by the crimes they committed. California District Attorneys Association Governor Gavin Newsom Assemblyman Lackey 👮♂️ Crime Survivors Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen Assemblyman Juan Alanis
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