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| Parole Decisions Targeted for Investigation |
| By signonsandiego.com |
| Published: 03/18/2010 |
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New probes have been initiated into whether the state’s parole system botched chances to send a convicted sex offender back to jail long before Poway teenager Chelsea King was raped and killed. State Inspector General David Shaw confirmed yesterday that “my office has already begun an inquiry” but could not comment further. The office is responsible for monitoring the state prison agency. Shaw was responding to a letter from Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, R-San Diego, who has criticized how the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation handled the John Albert Gardner III case. Also, Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, yesterday approved Fletcher’s call for a legislative committee to launch a separate investigation. No date has been set for the first hearing. Gardner was charged this month with murder in the death of Chelsea, 17, and has pleaded not guilty. He also is a focus of the investigation into the case of Amber Dubois, 14, of Escondido. She disappeared Feb. 13, 2009, and her remains were found this month north of Pala. Read More. |
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