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Committee backs longer parole minimum for child-torture convictions, sends bill to Appropriations
Summary
AB 10 94 would raise the minimum term before parole eligibility to 20 years for persons convicted of torturing a child under 14 when the offender was in a position of care or custody; the committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations after extended testimony from prosecutors, physicians and defense advocates.
The Assembly Public Safety Committee passed AB 10 94 as amended and sent it to the Appropriations Committee. Assemblymember Baines, the author, said the bill imposes “a minimum term of 20 years before eligibility for parole” for persons convicted of torturing a child under age 14 when the perpetrator was in a position of care or custody.
Proponents included Deputy District Attorney Bethel Cope Vega, who described multiple cases of severe child abuse and…
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