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Accused murderer of Chelsea King avoided going back to prison after 2007 parole violations

By Douglas A. Berman

This new Los Angeles Times article, which is headlined "Sex offender violated parole but wasn't sent back to prison," reports on the latest controversy in a high-profile murder case: The sex offender charged with murdering Chelsea King violated parole in 2007 by living near a school, but state officials opted against sending him back to prison because he complied with orders to relocate, according to a summary released Thursday by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. John Albert Gardner III was barred from residing within a half-mile of an elementary school when his parole officer found him living near a college's day-care center in San Diego County in September 2007. Gardner moved within two weeks, according to state officials, and avoided a parole hearing process that could have landed him back in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 12, 2010 (boomark / email).