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[Angel Who Cares]

Community reacts to violent death of Poway jogger
Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Updated: Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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This past weekend, more than three thousand San Diegans walked, jogged or ran the three-mile route that King never finished. The group grieved together, saying it was what King would have wanted. Kelly King, Chelsea&#8217;s mother, cheered everyone on as they finished their run in Rancho Bernardo Community Park, &#8220;taking back the park as their own.&#8221;

During the symbolic run, organizers collected over $5,100 in donations for the Chelsea&#8217;s Light Foundation, the non-profit organization created by her parents, which is working to strengthen laws pertaining to sex offenders.

The story is starting to look and sound painfully familiar. Amber Dubois, 14 years old at the time, disappeared on her way to school just over a year ago. school just over a year ago. Her body was discovered shortly after King&#8217;s. Both King and Dubois were 5&#8217;5&#8217;&#8217;, young, blue-eyed and beautiful with strikingly similar facial features. When Amber&#8217;s father heard about the arrest he &#8220;strongly suspected&#8221; that Gardner was also responsible for his daughter&#8217;s abduction. Gardner remains a suspect in the Dubois case.

If convicted for the murder of King, Gardner could face the death penalty. A preliminary hearing will occur on Aug. 4.
As new information continues to be uncovered and laws against sex predators are re-examined, the public continues to remember and support these two young women and their families. As their Facebook fan page says, &#8220;You will never be forgotten, you have inspired us all over the nation.&#8221;

Article:
http://www.theusdvista.com/news/community-reacts-to-violent-death-of-poway-jogger-1.1279043

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Bill proposes banning sex offenders from parks
Posted: Mar 24, 2010 6:08 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 24, 2010 6:08 PM EDT
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South Carolina legislators want to ban sex offenders from entering state parks after a jogger in California was killed as she ran alone.

State Rep. Chip Limehouse said on Wednesday the measure is a response to the rape and murder of 17-year-old Chelsea King in a park north of San Diego last month

The bill has 38 of 124 House members as co-sponsors and goes to the House Judiciary Committee.

Article:
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12198794

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Bill proposes banning sex offenders from SC parks
Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 6:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 6:04 p.m.
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South Carolina legislators want to ban sex offenders from entering state parks after a California jogger who went for a run in a park was killed. Registered sex offenders who break that ban would pay up to $200 in fines or be sent to prison for 30 days. The legislation also would require the state's parks agency to post warnings to the public after an attack that remains unsolved.

A California legislator plans to introduce a similar bill.

Last year, the Hammond, La., city council banned registered sex offenders from entering city parks and recreation facilities amid concerns about the number of sex offenders living nearby.

Article:
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/2...-proposes-banning-sex-offenders-from-SC-parks

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Chelsea's Parents Speak
Updated 5:30 PM PDT, Wed, Mar 24, 2010
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Chelsea King's parents said thank you on Wednesday for the love and support from thousands of San Diegans.

The Kings said Wednesday that they get strength and energy from the cards and letters that have filled their mailbox everyday since their daughter was slain. "It's stuffed every day," Kelly said. "We have people -- they don't know our address or the P.O. Box. They're sending it to 'Care of Chelsea's Light in Poway, CA,' and it's all reaching us."

In their first local interview since thousands of people honored Chelsea at a memorial service in Poway, her parents said the days since Chelsea's murder are a nonstop journey of pain that is softened only by gestures of love and support from friends and strangers.

The Kings have gotten cards and e-mails from across the country, and from Australia, England and Guam, and from U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local-beat/Chelseas-Parents-Speak-89072972.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

King Family: Case Against Gardner 'Air Tight'
POSTED: 6:06 pm PDT March 24, 2010
UPDATED: 7:33 pm PDT March 24, 2010
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It's been almost a month and the Kings' pain has not eased. The Kings wanted to share their thoughts and chose a park in Rancho Bernardo, away from the place where Chelsea disappeared.

Chelsea's death devastated the family, and convicted sex offender John Gardner was charged with her death. Several sources told 10News that DNA found on Chelsea's discarded clothing linked Gardner to the crime.

"I would tell you that, in my opinion, it's an air-tight case. They haven't shared those words with me. It's my trust of law enforcement that makes me feel they have an air-tight case. That's my hope," said Brent King.

"What do you think is the right punishment?" asked Fiorina. "Death penalty," said Kelly King. Brent King added, "Yep, absolutely." Brent King said, "I've said it before and I'll say it again: the death penalty isn't enough. I can't wait for the death penalty &#8230; so he can have his pain.

"I can't go back to the spot where she was found. I don't know how I'll ever be able to do that. But the run last week, it was one of the most uplifting things I've encountered since this whole thing began. It was overwhelming and exactly what Chelsea would have loved," said Kelly King.

Video: King Family: Death Penalty 'Not Enough' For Gardner 2:45
http://www.10news.com/video/22947871/index.html

Video: King Family Shares Chelsea's Special Moments 2:02
The King family shared several stories about their daughter with 10News' Steve Fiorina.
http://www.10news.com/video/22948449/

Video: Fletcher Questions Prison Officials About Parole Records 2:30
http://www.10news.com/video/22947909/

Article:
http://www.10news.com/news/22948021/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Prison officials grilled over Gardner, records
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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California's corrections department was in the hot seat Wednesday about dumping parole records too quickly. A hearing was held Wednesday just weeks after convicted sex offender John Gardner was charged with the murder of Chelsea King. Gardner's parole records were destroyed not long after his release.

Destroying field parole records has been the state's practice for decades because there's not enough space to store all that paper.

"What do you need? Do you need a scanner? Do you need a hard drive?" said Fletcher.

"We do not have the ability to have our systems automated," said Kernan. "The fact that we have an agency in 2010 that doesn't have the ability to scan and retain documents electronically is kind of shocking," said Fletcher.

"The Legislature approved the funding for that. And it's a multi-year project," said Kernan. "When will that be done?" said Fletcher. "Well, it's going to take several years," said Kernan

Video: Prison officials grilled over Gardner, records 2:31
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7349271

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=7349270

 

[Angel Who Cares]

POWAY: Parents of slain teen living 'moment by moment'
March 24, 2010 7:38 pm
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Thursday marks four weeks to the day since Chelsea King went for a run and reportedly met what her father would later describe as a "pure coward." But for her family, her father said, there is no marking the painful passage of time.

"I will never know if it has been a day or a month or five years," Brent King said Wednesday. "We just know our daughter is not here."

"We are getting through it moment by moment," said Kelly King. "We are doing the best we can to help our son get through this and do what Chelsea would want us to do, to move forward and try and make something good come out of this horrible, horrible thing."

As for their own grief, the Kings said, counseling will come. Maybe down the road a bit, though. Their grief is so raw.

"I have to say there are times when I kind of go, 'I don't think I can do this,'" Kelly King said. "But that's when I feel her the most, and I go forward."

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_ac33d2b4-a33a-5750-8423-58ead56a8041.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

REGION: Reward money in Chelsea, Amber cases goes unclaimed
More than $100,000 offered in Amber's case, family says
March 25, 2010 7:29 pm
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Thousands of dollars in reward money were offered by various organizations to anyone who could help solve the disappearance of two North County teens ---- Chelsea King and Amber Dubois ---- but it's unclear whether the bulk of the money ever will be claimed.

In the King case, the reward is no longer available because authorities found Chelsea's body.

In Amber's case, it's unclear who or what led authorities to her body, so the reward money remains in limbo.

More than $100,000 in reward money was offered in the search for 14-year-old Amber, the Escondido girl who was missing for more than a year until her remains were found March 6 a few miles north of the Pala Indian Reservation.

No one claimed the reward money that Crime Stoppers offered in each of the cases, Cox said, and it is unlikely that anyone will.

That is because no one made a tip through the organization that led to finding either of the girls, Cox said.

A source cannot give information directly to authorities to help them solve a crime and then claim the reward ---- the tip must have come through Crime Stoppers first to be eligible for the reward, she said.
*More at link!

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_56a5b699-98cb-54f2-ac6d-792ef2520961.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Video: Chelsea King Documentary 2:21
http://www.fox5sandiego.com/videobe...f4-43e2f9e10d21/News/Chelsea-King-Documentary

Video: King Family: Death Penalty 'Not Enough' For Gardner 2:46
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid46702670001?bclid=16685637001&bctid=73751846001

Video: King Family Shares Chelsea's Special Moments 2:02
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid46702670001?bclid=16685637001&bctid=73751658001

Video: Recruiting Help 3/24/10 33:57
Thousands of people turned out to help them find their missing daughter, now the couple hopes to focus that energy to prevent future tragedies.
http://www.sandiego6.com/mediacenter/[email protected]&navCatId=5

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Governor makes sex offender board appointment
Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11:12 a.m
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger filled one of three vacancies on the state&#8217;s 17-member Sex Offender Management Board Friday, appointing Robert Coombs, 30, the Sacramento director of public affairs for the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault. The positions on the Sex Offender Management Board are volunteer. The board was created in 2006 to make California communities safer from sex offenders.

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/26/governor-makes-sex-offender-board-appointment/

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Amber, Chelsea Rewards Likely Going Unclaimed
Crime Stoppers helps in 3,900+ arrests, 105 homicides
Updated 4:15 PM PDT, Fri, Mar 26, 2010
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It's looking as though the reward money offered for help in the Chelsea King and Amber DuBois cases won't be collected any time soon -- if at all. The highest-profile, local reward program for crime-solving tips is San Diego County Crime Stoppers. That organization offers just a fraction of the money paid by other nonprofits and the governor's office. The public has often gotten big bang for those bucks.

Since the organization was established in 1984, Crime Stoppers has helped solve more than 3,900 crimes -- 105 of them, homicides. The governor's office has a $40,000 reward out in the DuBois case, but it's not payable until there's a conviction.

Article:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loc...-Rewards-Likely-Going-Unclaimed-89299292.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Video: Face-Reading Expert Analyzes John Gardner 1:52
An expert in reading faces analyzes John Gardner's face for 10News.
http://www.10news.com/video/22959446/

 

[Angel Who Cares]

REGION: Sex offenders share lack of empathy
Experts say refusal to acknowledge crime increases chance of new offense
March 26, 2010 7:53 pm
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Some are young, some are old, some are middle-aged. They can be poor, wealthy or middle-class. Some are smart, some not so smart.

While researchers say sex offenders fit no typical profile, they share the characteristics of deviant sexual arousal, interests or preferences, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Center for Sex Offender Management.

Those include sexual contact with young children or adolescents; sexual contact with others against their will; inflicting pain or humiliation on others; taking part in or watching violent acts; exposing themselves in public; and secretly watching others undress or engage in sexual contact. When they commit their crimes, nearly all sex offenders are aware that what they are doing is illegal and harmful to their victim, the center says.

Lack of empathy
San Diego clinical psychologist Dr. Michael Mantell has worked with sex offenders for decades and says most share a characteristic: "These are people with tremendous deficits of empathy."

Someone who kills in the commission of a rape or an attempted rape, as Gardner is accused of doing, is considered a "lust murderer." "They enjoy watching their victim suffer," Mantell said.

No simple cures
A report issued by the California Sex Offender Management Board in January cautions that there is no magic formula for identifying, treating or monitoring sex offenders. "No two sex offenders pose the same level of risk, nor can they be managed or supervised in identical ways," the report concluded. "Similarly, policymakers and the public should be suspicious of any one technology or strategy which promises to solve the problem of sex offenders."

Politics and recidivism
Calls for mandatory "one-strike" laws that would lock up a sex offender for life after a single conviction came shortly after Gardner was arrested. In fact, numerous studies of convicted sex offenders show that the majority are never arrested for a second sex offense.
*Much more at link!

*California sex offender recidivism breakdown:
~Returned to prison because of new sex offense within three years: 3.5 percent
~Returned to prison because of a new nonsex offense within three years: 4.5 percent
~Returned to prison for parole violation: 35.5 percent
*Source: California Sex Offender Management Board January 2008 Report to the Legislature. Study followed 4,287 sex offenders released from state prisons in 2003.

*General recidivism rates among 2005 California parolees returned to prison within two years:
~Vehicle theft: 67 percent
~Possession of a controlled substance: 62 percent
~Robbery: 52 percent
~Burglary: 52 percent to 59 percent depending on classification of crime
~Forgery: 48 percent
~Arson: 46 percent
~Sexual penetration with an object: 34 percent
~Lewd act with a child: 32 percent. This is the charge for which Chelsea King homicide suspect John Albert Gardner was convicted of in 2000.
~Rape: 28 percent
~Murder: 3.3 percent
*Source: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The individuals in the study were returned to prison because of new offenses or violation of their parole conditions.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_1e6eda8a-8735-50db-95bc-4bad80e4285a.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Brittany Hart's family ready to push for Chelsea's Law
Posted: Mar 25, 2010 10:55 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 26, 2010 1:57 AM EDT
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A registered sex offender murders a young woman and dumps her body in a remote area. We're not talking about Chelsea King or Amber Dubois. We're talking about the murder of Brittany Hart in 2007. Now the Hart family is joining a call to action. "Here it is three years later and there's not a second that goes by that Brittany's not on my mind," said Brandy Reynolds, Hart's sister.

When sex offender Robert Carson grabbed a hammer and beat 24-year-old Brittany Hart to death in his Spring Valley home, nobody proposed a one-strike law or lifetime GPS monitoring for sex predators. "It's horrible. It took Brittany and Chelsea and Amber to finally get somebody to listen and do something about these monsters," Reynolds said. "There are so many similarities between Gardner and Carson it is baffling," Reynolds said. "And how they let these monsters back out on the streets, I will never understand."

Robert Carson pleaded guilty to murder to avoid the death penalty and received 91 years to life in prison. He currently is being evaluated at the Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, but will soon be transferred to another state prison.

Brittany Hart - YouTube tribute
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7rsyOgCfPE[/ame]

Video: Brittany Hart's family ready to push for Chelsea's Law 2:18
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Video: Brittany Hart's family ready to push for Chelsea's Law 0:50
http://www.cbs8.com/global/category...default&clipId=4654100&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12207776

 

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Activist says mental health clash helped free Gardner
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 12:05 a.m
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Before convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner III was paroled in 2005, prison psychologists twice deemed him too dangerous for release but evaluators with the state Department of Mental Health disagreed both times, according to a prominent child-safety advocate.

Marc Klaas, whose daughter Polly was abducted in Petaluma and slain in 1993, said the stalemate helped Gardner avoid being placed in a mental hospital for treatment that could have kept him off the streets indefinitely.

Klaas said his information comes from Department of Mental Health employees who have seen the psychological evaluations on Gardner. His allegations raise further questions about how the state handled Gardner following his conviction in 2000 for molesting and beating a 13-year-old girl in Rancho Bernardo.

&#8220;Californians have made it very clear that public safety is a high priority, but the bureaucracy isn&#8217;t working,&#8221; Klaas said. &#8220;Dangerous people are being put back on our streets, and we are completely unaware of it.&#8221;

Kincaid, the mental health spokeswoman, said department evaluators &#8220;always err on the side of caution.&#8221; She said it&#8217;s not enough to conclude that an inmate has a mental disorder; the disorder has to be considered so serious that it requires hospitalization to get it into remission.
*Much more at link!

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/28/activist-says-mental-health-clash-helped-free/

 

[Angel Who Cares]

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-roommate details Gardner's past, in and out of prison
Man says corrections system failed teen's accused killer
March 27, 2010 11:10 pm
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"Some days, when he'd come in, he was just the nicest guy you could ever meet," said Gardner's former roommate at the East Pennsylvania Avenue home. "Some days you could just see it in his eyes: You'd just see anger ... just mad at the world." The roommate, who said he spent time with Gardner in and out of prison, contacted the North County Times last week. The Times verified the man's living arrangement with Gardner.

'Very short fuse'
He recalled Gardner's "very short fuse"; what he described as abuse years earlier by guards at a Tehachapi prison; Gardner's frustration over not being able to visit his twin boys; and a weekly group rehabilitation class he attended in Escondido with Gardner while the two were on parole for their sex offenses.

He emphasized that he was not speaking to gain publicity or to make excuses for Gardner. Instead, the man said, he hoped to expose a "broken" corrections system that he said contributed to Gardner's downward spiral. That path ended, the roommate said, with Gardner becoming a transient living out of his truck on the streets of Escondido, months before two North County teens disappeared.

Time at Tehachapi
Years before living with Gardner in North County, the roommate, who has a medium build, close-cropped hair and a thin mustache, said he spent time as an inmate at the same Tehachapi prison as Gardner. There, he said, he worked as a men's advisory chairman, smoothing problems between inmates and prison staff, often between Gardner and prison guards. "John had a problem with authority," he said. "(The guards would) push his buttons."

The roommate, who said his prison cell was downstairs from Gardner's, would calm Gardner and other inmates after they had been sent to "the cage" at Tehachapi. [/U]Records provided by a Sacramento-based prison spokeswoman show the roommate spent part of his 10-year sentence at Tehachapi.[/U]

Lacking rehab
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation does not provide rehabilitation for sex offenders while they are in prison.

'You could just see John slipping'
In early 2008, Gardner was earning more than $30 an hour as an electrician in Riverside County, the roommate said. Gardner gave up the job after a new parole agent required him to work in San Diego County, and his bills and frustrations mounted, his roommate said.

Later in 2008, Gardner, the roommate and all other sex offenders living at the Pennsylvania Avenue home were forced out by an agent from the local parole office, the roommate said. The residents were told the home was too close to a place where children gathered. Lewis, of the Escondido parole office, confirmed that an agent asked offenders to leave in 2008 after a storefront school facility opened in a nearby strip mall.

Gardner and the same roommate moved into a Vista sober living home on Lado De Loma Drive after being told to leave the Escondido facility, the roommate said. Just two months later, they were kicked out again. This time it was because the manager was not licensed to house the number of sex offenders living there, the roommate said.

"I understand the 'I don't want (sex offenders) in my backyard,'" the roommate added. "But how much sense does it make to boot them out (of a sober living home) and have them wandering around all night?"
*Much more at link!

Related Link:
John Albert Gardner III Special Reports Page
http://nctimes.com/special-section/news/gardner/

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_a4272961-2910-5cf8-bc76-03254061fb7d.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

VISTA: Neighborhood was home to Gardner
Accused killer lived on Lado de Loma, ex-roommate says
March 27, 2010 11:10 pm
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It makes Betty Gilroy "almost nauseous" to know that accused killer John Albert Gardner III lived in her Vista neighborhood two years ago. She said she's very glad she pushed to have sex offenders removed from a sober living home on nearby Lado de Loma Drive in 2008 ---- a campaign that appears to have contributed to Gardner's removal. "I would do it again in a heartbeat," said Gilroy, the mother of an 18-year-old daughter.

Gilroy said Friday that she faced numerous obstacles to removing the offenders, including city and law enforcement officials who would not act on her complaints. Those "brick walls" make her even more upset, now that she knows who lived near her family. "It's all so infuriating to me," she said, noting she's tracked crime in her neighborhood

Vista city officials said Friday they do not have the authority to regulate sober living homes. "They're not regulated under our code," said Andrea McCullough, a city spokeswoman. State parole officials do have some authority over the residences, said Lindon Lewis, an Escondido-based parole supervisor. Sober living homes can house up to six residents without a license, Lewis said. Those six residents can all be registered sex offenders as long as the home is more than 2,000 feet from a school, park or other location where children gather.

A woman who answered the door at the Lado de Loma home said she was aware neighbors are not happy with the home's presence. "It's not like we're trying to do anything wrong," said the woman, who gave her name only as Brenda, and said she was a recovering meth addict. She noted that two of her five housemates are registered sex offenders.
*More at link!

Accused killer John Albert Gardner III lived at this group home on Lado de Loma Drive in Vista.

Article:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/vista/article_46273db8-db8a-5010-9917-5143c7062ee9.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Sex offender vs. sexually violent predator: An important distinction
Monday, March 29, 2010
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The suspect in the death of 17-year-old Chelsea King is a registered sex offender, but the 30-year-old Lake Elsinore man was never classified a &#8220;sexually violent predator&#8221; &#8211; a key, legal distinction when looking at laws regarding sex offenses.

The legal classification that differentiates between sex offenders and sexually violent predators can be further confused by lawmakers, like Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, who has referred to sex offenders as &#8220;violent sexual predators&#8221; &#8211; a term with no legal classification.

According to the California Department of Mental Health, there are a little more than 88,000 registered sex offenders in the state &#8211; but only 1,703 are legally classified as SVPs.

The California Welfare & Institutions Code defines a sexually violent predator as &#8220;a person who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense against one or more victims and who has a diagnosed mental disorder that makes the person a danger to the health and safety of others in that it is likely that he or she will engage in sexually violent criminal behavior.&#8221;

&#8220;Since Jessica&#8217;s Law passed, nearly everyone confuses the term sex offender with sexually violent predator,&#8221; said spokeswoman for the California Department of Mental Health (DMH) Nancy Kincaid.

In 1995, the Sexually Violent Predator Act was signed into law to differentiate between offenders guilty of a sex crime and those with a mental disorder who are likely to re-offend. It requires anyone convicted of two sexually violent offenses to undergo a psychological evaluation to determine if a mental disorder makes it likely they will re-offend. If they are classified a SVP, the district attorney can file a petition to commit. If a court or jury finds evidence is strong, the person may be committed to a secure state hospital for an indeterminate amount of time.

California Welfare & Institutions Code
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=wic&group=06001-07000&file=6600-6609.3

CA 88,000 registered sex offenders
http://casomb.org/

PDF: Sexually Violent Predator Act
http://www.sdnn.com/files/2010/03/SOCP-fact-sheet.pdf

Article:
http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2010-0...lly-violent-predator-an-important-distinction

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Crime victims sue governor over early prisoner release
Posted: Mar 29, 2010 3:11 PM EDT
Updated: Mar 29, 2010 8:25 PM EDT
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A coalition of crime victims is suing the governor and California's Department of Corrections over the early release program. A California group says a program authorizing the release of approximately 6,500 prison inmates in California is unconstitutional.

Assemblyman Jim Nielsen can't believe after the early prison release of John Gardner and the suspected murder of Chelsea King, the state still wants to release thousands of prisoners. "Why do we have to wait and react to tragedy?" Nielsen said.

Senate Bill 18 would release 6,500 inmates this year and could save the state $100 million. Nina Salarno with Crime Victims United of California says the state's classification of a low-risk offender would shock you. "Domestic abuse is considered non-violent, child, elder abuse, manslaughter is considered non-violent in the state of California," Salarno said.

Video: Crime victims group sues Calif. Over early inmate release. 3:08
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Video: Crime victims sue governor over early prisoner release 2:16
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Article:
http://www.760kfmb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12221935

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Chelsea's Light forum Tuesday in 4S Ranch
Monday, March 29, 2010 at 4:57 p.m.
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The Chelsea&#8217;s Light Foundation and its founders, Kelly and Brent King, will hold an educational forum Tuesday to begin the process of reforming state laws to protect children. The forum, which will be co-hosted by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, will begin at 6:30 p.m. and last two hours. The first hour will be an educational forum followed by an open question/answer forum.

&#8220;Kelly and I would like to personally invite all of you who live within driving distance to attend our Chelsea&#8217;s Law Forum tomorrow night,&#8221; Brent King wrote on the Chelsea&#8217;s Light Facebook page yesterday. &#8220;We draw strength from your support. We need your hands-on participation to reform our laws for the better in Chelsea&#8217;s name.&#8221;

Article:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/29/chelseas-light-forum-tonight-4s-ranch/