"Gregory Lee Vogelsang, 57, has been granted early release thanks to a 2020 law that offers parole to "elderly" convicts 50 and older who have served 20 or more years in prison. Vogelsang molested several children in the '90s in the Sacramento area before being convicted on dozens of felony counts, including a lewd act on a child, kidnapping a child to commit a lewd act, and lewd act on a child with force or violence."
"Under the previous rules, inmates were eligible for elder parole only after serving at least 25 years of their sentence and reaching age 60. But at the start of 2021, the law was loosened in an effort to ease prison overcrowding, allowing inmates to apply for parole after serving just 20 years once they turn 50."
""The California Board of Parole Hearings is at it again," the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post about the decision. "They have granted early release via the Elderly Parole program to sexually violent predator Gregory Vogelsang, who molested more than five children in Citrus Heights and was sentenced to over 300 years in prison for his crimes.""
Gregory Lee Vogelsang, 57, convicted of molesting several children in Sacramento during the 1990s, has been granted parole eligibility under California's 2020 elderly parole law. Originally sentenced to 355 years to life, Vogelsang was approved by a parole board in November and awaits final review in March. The law, signed by Governor Newsom, reduced eligibility requirements from age 60 with 25 years served to age 50 with 20 years served, intended to address prison overcrowding. Law enforcement and anti-crime advocates strongly oppose his release, with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office calling the elderly parole system broken and warning of public safety risks.
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