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Amy Chessler, 37, found her mom Hadas Winnick dead. Her brother Jesse Winnick, then 25, stabbed her after she asked him to clean up after making a sandwich. He killed her with the same knife.
California inmates won't be set free soon By Sheyanne Romero That's not the case. There is some truth to the rumors, though. A new state rule took effect on Saturday but it will be months or years before any inmates go free earlier. Corrections officials say the goal is to reward inmates who better themselves while critics say the move will endanger the public. “The expansion of Good Conduct Credits is not an early release program, and these changes do not result in the automatic release of any incarcerated individual," department spokeswoman Dana Simas stated in a social media post....
The same day he was sworn into office, Gascon issued a directive on so-called "lifer parole hearings" that indicated that the office's "default policy is that we will not attend parole hearings and will support in writing the grant of parole for a person who has already served their mandatory minimum period of incarceration, defined as their MEPD (Minimum Eligible Parole Date), YEPD (Youth Parole Eligible Date) or EPD (Elderly Parole Date)." The directive noted that "if the CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation) has determined in their Comprehensive Risk Assessment tha...
Villanueva: Sheriff's department to attend parole hearings in absence of LA County DA prosecutors KABC Share: LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says members of his department will be present at parole hearings in the absence of deputy district attorneys. In a letter Wednesday to District Attorney George Gascon, Villanueva questioned why the prosecutors have been barred from attending the parole hearings and added his department would appear on behalf of victims' families to give them a "voice." Villanueva said the sheriff's department has traditionally written l...
Villanueva notifies Gascón that detectives will attend parole hearings to 'give victims a voice' By Mary Stringini Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva (L), Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón (R). LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has notified District Attorney George Gascón that he will begin sending his sheriff's detectives to parole hearings to "give victims a voice" as long as the newly elected DA continues to refuse to allow his prosecutors to attend them as part of his new reforms. "I cannot understand why your office is barring pro...