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fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

Therapy, remorse: A look at how 'monster' child molester got parole and new efforts to alter law

California's elderly parole program allows violent offenders and sexual predators as young as 50 to become eligible for release, sparking reform calls after a serial child molester was granted parole.
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fromSFGATE
4 days ago

Serial Northern Calif. child molester to be paroled, prompting outcry

David Allen Funston, convicted child molester serving three life sentences, was approved for parole in Sept. 2025 under California's Elderly Parole Program.
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under California's rarely used Racial Justice Act

The law allows convicted defendants to challenge the length of their prison terms if they can demonstrate racial disparities or discriminatory practices in the California jurisdiction where their case was prosecuted. But five years after its passage, the law has hardly been used, according to an analysis of newly obtained sentencing data by the Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project and NAACP's Legal Defense Fund.
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