America freed the most dangerous criminal offenders from its prisons during lockdowns, hoping that the American people would forget about them.
Please read the article of the LA Times to know who were amongst those criminals who were released.
What was the excuse given? The “deadly” bogus coronavirus: “Whether violent felons should be paroled has long been debated, but the matter has become more urgent because of the coronavirus.”
The lack of regard for the health and well-being of the American people is point blank find in this statement: “The process for determining who gets out and why is unclear, and some victims’ families say they have been blindsided by decisions.”
Despite these releases, the media portal reported that many prisons remained at or over capacity, making it difficult to stop coronavirus from spreading. So, with the excuse of the boogey virus, let us release more criminals into the free world putting communities in danger. Who cares? If you don’t allegedly die from a boogey man virus, you will die at the hands of a released criminal.
The media portal then cited the usual experts. Medical experts, it stated, said that “more releases are needed to control the crisis and alleviate the risk that ill inmates will need hospitalizations in surrounding communities where healthcare systems are already stressed.”
Advocates for more crime in the communities, who call themselves ‘Advocates for Compassionate Releases’ argued that most of those offenders being considered for release were older and unlikely to commit new violent crimes. They added that only inmates who had shown they were rehabilitated, often after decades behind bars, were eligible — and the releases ultimately were in line with reforms that had rolled back overly harsh sentences handed out decades ago in a tough-on-crime, three-strikes era.
What about the victims of these crimes? For example, a 65-year-old Santiago Cruz who was serving a 125-year sentence on his conviction for criminal threats in 1997 under California’s three-strikes law was freed by the state in late July.
Cruz had repeatedly harassed his ex-wife, “stalked her boyfriend and tossed a Molotov cocktail at their home as they slept, Aiello said. He also phoned the 18-year-old daughter of the new boyfriend and threatened to rape her while her father watched, kill her and then kill her father.”
Yolo County Assistant Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Melinda Aiello said that “Yolo prosecutors had to scramble to find Cruz’s victims and warn them about his release” and as in other cases, the state provided no explanation.
Cruz’s ex-wife says she feels she “is now the one in prison,” according to a statement provided to the Yolo County District Attorney.
“A dangerous person is being released into society again,” Aiello said, “and it’s not fair to her.”
Covid-19 was an evil ambush in disguise.