Governor Gavin Newsom reverses course, overturns parole board decision on convicted murderer
Governor Gavin Newsom reverses course, overturns parole board decision on convicted murderer 23ABC News and last updated 2021-02-02 11:15:05-05 HIGHLAND, Calif. (KERO) â Governor Gavin Newsom has reversed course, overturning a parole board decision and denying the release of a man convicted of murder after he commuted the sentence last year. The daughter of Debra McNeal -- Shantel Haynes -- has fought for years to keep the man who killed her mother behind bars. Debra was seven months pregnant when she was murdered in 1997 inside a Southern California home. McNeal's husband Rodney Patrick...