Category: Criminal Justice

A convicted rapist sentenced to three life terms plus 51 years in prison has been arrested in Sacramento County for a parole violation, four years after his release.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said 47-year-old Lloyd Edwards was detained Thursday during a parole compliance check by the office’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force Team.

Sac County sheriff offers few details on arrest of convicted rapist – KCRA

Umm can someone explain to me like I’m 5 why this guy was paroled?  Let’s just say a “life” term is 25 years, this guy was sentenced to 200 years in prison, yet was paroled in 4?

A search of his residence found multiple substances in violation of his parole conditions, the sheriff’s office said. Details about the specific substances were not released. The sheriff’s office said “prohibited substances can be something along the lines of alcohol, prescription medication, etc.”

I guess he never learned his lesson.  Again, why was he paroled?

More disturbing info, Sheriff Cooper had no idea this loser was living in his county.

Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper said he recently learned Edwards was living in his county. Cooper announced the arrest after sharing a post hours earlier on social media that criticized the state’s parole board.

Even more disturbing, his criminal history.

Edwards was convicted of three kidnappings, a rape, two sexual assaults and three robberies with weapon enhancements in connection with attacks on three women in Chico in 2000 when he was 21 years old, the Butte County District Attorney’s Office said.

• In August 2000, Edwards was given a ride by two women after he claimed his vehicle broke down. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said he pulled a gun on them and held one woman around the neck and told them to go to a secluded area. One woman was left beside a rural road and he sexually assaulted and raped the other one at gunpoint, according to the sheriff’s office. He later stole their purses and the driver’s rings. DNA testing later matched Edwards to evidence in the recovered car, the sheriff’s office said.
• Weeks later, Edwards asked another woman to use her telephone and entered her apartment. The sheriff’s office said he attempted to sexually assault the woman by forcing her into a bedroom, threatened her with a razor blade, punched her in the mouth and strangled her until she had trouble breathing.

Edwards was reportedly not eligible for parole until he was 95. But he was released after he was granted parole in 2022 by California’s Board of Parole.

Umm.  Yikes.  But thank you Sheriff Cooper, he is a guy this blog supports.

The Chief

I had a talk with my father-in-law yesterday and this topic came up. The following happened to him.

You get a call from your bank informing you that you are the victim of a fraudulent charge. The person on the phone has a caller ID stating that it’s your bank calling. They have your account number and a whole host of personal information about you which comes out as you speak with them. During the course of the call, you also get a text message from them identified as being from your bank. The bank even connects you to a police officer that is helping with a police report. Talk about service. After a while, you are instructed to log into your bank account and make charges to stop the fraudulent charges. If you keep going, then the next thing you know, your bank account is emptied.

When it came time to make changes to your bank account, my father-in-law terminated the phone call.

Today, there is a story about this very scam on Fox News.

Imagine getting a phone call from your bank. The bank’s name is listed on the caller ID with the correct phone number. They know key details about you — your name, your account numbers, maybe even your Social Security number or mother’s maiden name.

They warn you that you have fallen victim to a financial scam. But the plot twist is that they are the scammers!

This is happening across the country at an alarming rate.

Technology can help increase our productivity, but it can also boost scammers by enabling increasingly sophisticated tactics that allow them to impersonate companies, access sensitive information and create a panic that causes even the savviest people to unwittingly help them complete their scams.

Scammers are coming for your money. Here’s the one thing you must never do

Scammers are “spoofing” phone numbers so that the phone number shows up on your phone with the name of a big company even though they are not affiliated with it. Sometimes, it even shows the correct phone number even though they are calling from another number.

If you don’t answer your phone, you take away a huge tool for scammers: their ability to create urgency and panic. When you are told that you are the subject of fraud, that your money is at risk, or something similar, and you need to take action, you panic.

In a state of panic, you do not think clearly, and this can lead you to take actions that you would never undertake in a calm state.

Fox has some suggestions and a few more gems about such scams. I’ve copied much of the relevant sections below.

Don’t Answer Any Calls You Aren’t Expecting

If you see your bank, credit card company, Amazon, Microsoft or any other company with whom you do business calling, and you aren’t immediately expecting that call, do not answer your phone.

Scammers are “spoofing” phone numbers so that the phone number shows up on your phone with the name of a big company even though they are not affiliated with it. Sometimes, it even shows the correct phone number even though they are calling from another number.

Only Contact Companies Using a Trusted Phone Number or Touchpoint

For banks, credit card companies and other financial providers, find their phone number on the back of your bank card or on an old paper statement that you know is legitimate.

You can also go to their website and look for a phone number or customer service email address.

Don’t Give Out Sensitive Information

If you do let a text or phone call break through (and you shouldn’t, but I know it happens), do not respond or give out sensitive information in response to their requests.

For example, they may send you a text and ask for a security code sent to your phone.

Again, this is them trying to scam you, not help you. Giving up codes like this could help them drain your bank account.

Don’t Fall for Urgency

Creating urgency is key for scammers. They make you worried. As noted above, you get into a state of panic, and you take action without thinking.

If you are asked to take any urgent action, such as going to a bank immediately, withdrawing or moving funds, buying gift cards, immediately giving out information or anything else, stop and take a beat.

The same goes for secrecy. If they tell you not to contact the police or not to tell the bank teller what is going on because they might be in on it, do not listen. You are not James Bond, and you are not caught up in an international stakeout — you are simply a person whom a fraudster is trying to trick.

Have a Family Code Phrase

Finally, with AI technology, even voices are being spoofed. Have a family code phrase among your family members that isn’t published anywhere. Then, if someone calls using your loved one’s voice as part of a scam, you can ask for the code phrase. If it isn’t given, you will know it is not your family member.

As stated before in this space, Megan Eisenberger and Brad Ng laid a turd in the punch bowl in regard to prosecuting the K Street shooting here in Sacramento.  This blog is taking a look at a different part of the trial, the witnesses.

Ng and Eisenberger handed out immunity from prosecution like it was candy on Halloween to the folks who were present when the shooting went down.  I am honestly not sure why.  If you didn’t fire a bullet nor posses a gun or help the assailant flee why the need for immunity? 

The second major misstep was declaring this was a gang related trial.  Folks, I will share this with you and I am sure quite a few feel the same way.  I have no issue finding a common person guilty of a crime if evidence points to that verdict.  Folks if it’s a gang related anything keep me the heck away!  It is not about me turning the key in the ignition of my car and it not turning over, it’s about not being shot 12 times at the sandwich place.  Folks gang related trials mean gang members in the galley at the trial, no thanks.  There was a saying when I was little, snitches get stitches, yeah, I don’t need that.

Folks, the witnesses called were the dregs of society, everyone outside of the guy in the hotel lobby and the 12-year-old selling hot dogs (again at 2 am wtf?) were a poop soup.  Even the girl whose sister was killed was a hostile witness. The colorful language she used toward both the prosecutor and defense was crazy!  Oh, did I mention her sister was killed?  Yeah wild.  Folks, I do not like and have never gotten along with my sister, but if she was shot and I was a witness, I’d be a good witness.  This was like Cheer’s “where everyone knows your name” and was always glad you came.

I have a feeling, it was a list of give me immunity, and I will forget what I told the detectives.  Folks, let me remind you, 114 shots were fired.  Six people died, 3 were shooters.  The three (one died in jail) who were caught ditched their weapons in the river or a planter box.  It should not have been hard to secure a conviction.  Why not move the trial to El Dorado or Placer County?  Heck move it to San Francisco and you might get a conviction on murder 2. 

This whole thing stinks, Eisenberger and Ng really messed up and now a couple hardened criminals may walk. 

To be continued at a hearing for re-trial in October.

The Chief

Blogger’s Note: This is a commentary with info not believed by this blog, it’s speculation only.

For those who didn’t follow the news, Mangioni was charged with killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 

It was an interesting reaction from all corners of the US.  There was shock as the killing happening in broad daylight, and folks saying the CEO deserved it.  United health customers went online with statements like this: “My ______ was denied treatment by United Health and he got what he deserved” was actually a thing.  The latter, while not a majority of the US, was likely a higher percentage of folks than expected. 

Mangioni faced both a federal and state trial for murder. His legal team actually got a couple of wins.  Federal terrorism charges and the death penalty were off the table.  Terrorism charges are a thing due to the Patriot Act, which says essence that killing or threatening to kill someone can get you labeled as a terrorist.  Oh, that charge comes with a death penalty eligible sentence. 

I honestly thought this was headed for trial, I believe William agrees.  The trial would have been held in New York and there are enough bleeding-heart types there that I think you could have had a hung jury.  Think about it, the number of conspiracy theorists, whack jobs, and folks who share the belief the CEO got what he deserved there was likely a better than 0% chance he could walk. 

I spoke to a friend of the blog from law firm Low, Ballem and Lynch and she had an interesting take on this.  She stated Mangioni’s legal team likely got bad news at a hearing about evidence and decided they were cooked.  Rumor on the interwebs is there was a manifesto essentially stating he wanted to kill this CEO, and he apparently called the company claiming he was a multi-millionaire and wanted to invest in the company, hence he got the details on the whereabouts of the CEO that day.

(Reminds me of the John Malkovich character in Clint Eastwood’s “In the Line of Firm” movie.)

My lawyer friend said evidence like that essentially means you are cooked and copping a plea is the right move.

She made another interesting point that I never had thought of.  His legal team is playing the long game.  He will do 20-30 years in federal prison. Federal prison is far nicer than state prison.  (He is also charged with murder in New York State Court).  New York is home to a couple of brutal state prisons; Rikers Island and Attica.  She thinks you cop a plea and argue in state court that their charges constitute double jeopardy.  Double jeopardy is a legal term that you can’t be charged by two entities for the same crime.  Whether he wins or not will be interesting. If the state charge is thrown out, he will walk out of prison a free man one day.

I understand the reason to cop a plea, but it would have been interesting to go to trial.  One item most overlooked in criminal trials is the jury needs to be unanimous to convict, one hold out hangs the jury.  Civil court only requires a majority.  Just takes one.

Editor’s Note: the t-shirts used as graphics in this post are actual shirts for sale on the Internet and not AI generated by Really Right staff.

Faithful readers, I was going to blog about the press conference after the mistrial that a couple of families hosted; however, I’m compelled to blog this instead.

As taken from KCRA news.  Oh, by the way lest you complain they are left wing, journalism is journalism in this case.

So, after the “mistrial” or any verdict, the attorneys are allowed to interview the jurors.  They can ask anything and get insights as to why the jury may have ruled the way they did.  Check out this dude let.

 Kingsbury also said some jurors appeared persuaded by the self-defense argument.

“I think that the six jurors who found that he acted in self-defense, I think they used their conscience to arrive at that conclusion,” he said.

Defendant in K Street shooting case says he acted in self-defense after mistrial

Kingsbury is Reid Kingsbury one of the defense attorneys.  Ouch it was a 6-6 tie!  12 folks serve on a jury, it wasn’t one who was a hold out.  Yikes!

So, the jury did not buy your gang-related argument, quite literally at all. You cannot blame this on the jury being tainted but I’m sure Eixenberger will.  Also to be fair, our District Attorney, Thien “I’m a” Ho, was running for Congress as this was going on, I’m glad to see that he has his priorities right! 

Oh, he got blown out, by the way, worse than this “explosive diarrhea” going around right now. 

I do not know Brad Ng, but I will say this, I watched his closing argument, and my god in heaven, did he miss the mark; potentially allowing 2 “bad hombres” to get back on the street.  He vomited all over himself as far as I am concerned.

Megan Eixenberger is a different animal and deserves criticism.  She failed badly.  She talked down to the jury when explaining the different charges, no shock.  Make no mistake folks, 114 bullets were fired, and a self-defense claim gets you off?  Come on.

In closing, I do not know if I would re-try this.  A 6-6 decision seems like the jury bought the case of self-defense.  While I question how, it’s plausible.  The idea of several people each firing a gun 15-17 times and claiming self-defense is wild, yet it worked  It shouldn’t have.  Send Eixenberger back to prosecuting DUI’s; let her use boilerplate language and get plea deals.  These cases are for major leaguers not amateurs. 

I don’t think I’m being clear enough, 2 really bad dudes may be out on the streets soon.  All due to a bad set of prosecutors.  Folks wake up!

Like the title says, this is commentary, about the characters involved, the trial, and the shooting itself.  Facts will be interwoven but the trial and the result are equal parts devastating and shocking.

Cliff notes version

At 2am on April 3^rd, 2022, a chaotic fracas broke out on K Street in downtown.  Six people were killed and 12 were injured.  It is/was the worst shooting in Sacramento history.  Of the six dead, 3 were participants in the shooting, so by law in California, they are not considered victims.  Three innocent people died that night. The other three assailants ran and ditched their weapons.  All three were later apprehended.  One died in jail of an overdose prior to trial.  The trial proceedings wrapped up 7/21 with the judge declaring a mistrial due to the jury being deadlocked on all 3 “murder” charges against both defendants.  They were convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun, but that carries a 3-year maximum sentence.  With credit for time served, these guys will be out soon after sentencing pending the DA refiling the charges to try them again.

Editor’s Note: this shooting ties highest death toll in Sacramento history. In 1991, at the Good Guy’s store, three hostages and three gunmen were killed. Since more bystanders were shot in this instance, Chief is correct in claiming this as the worst on record.

The “Good”

I have to give credit to the two defense lawyers.  Linda Parisi and Reid Kingsbury. This was a masterclass in taking down the prosecution’s “case.”  They made what is obviously a successful argument that this was a late-night melee gone sideways and their clients acted in self-defense.  They attacked the witnesses. They argued the video footage shown was “edited, or not the complete footage.”  Like I said masterclass.  They did not dispute the felon in possession charges, also smart as it signals “yeah, we know our clients messed up, we don’t dispute that, but it’s not murder.”  For those who think these two lawyers are “dumb or stupid” just remember their clients said they didn’t murder anyone. 

The “Bad”

The Prosecuting lawyers and the District Attorney office.  Megan Eixenberger and Brad Ng are the two top prosecuting attorneys in the office.  They laid a turd in the punch bowl.  They tried to sell a narrative of it was a “gang turf war,” why not keep it simple?  (More on this later).  They cut immunity deals with lots of witnesses not knowing when it came time for trial, most would be non-compliant.  They should have known when a group of people are congregating after a late night at a night club to drink more booze in the street, these folks all likely know each other or know of each other.  You aren’t snitching on your friends.  I would not let these two prosecute round 2.  They had multiple chances to bury the defendants and failed; hell, the defendants took the stand!

The “Good”

Law and Order/CSI type television.  Let’s face it, Americans watch way too much TV, and Law and Order type shows are all the rage.  Everyone now sees themselves as an expert because “I saw it on TV.” There were probably several wannabe criminalist/lawyer types on that jury. Real trials rarely present the type of forensics seen on your average tv show. Fingerprints, gun shot residue, matching rifling, etc. are the exception in evidence not the rule. Also, not all evidence is presented to the jury. What the jury sees or doesn’t see in the course of the trial is often where the case is won.

The “Ugly”

The group of prosecution “witnesses from that night.”  Yikes, this was a collection of the dregs of society.  All who cut a deal for immunity too, they changed their testimony from what they told investigators years earlier.  Some egregiously changed their stories even after being shown their earlier statements to law enforcement.  However, I still blame Eixenberger and Ng. They know better about “gang type culture.” You don’t snitch on your friend especially after you get a sweetheart full immunity deal.  Again, Eixenberger and Ng were convinced this was a gang related shooting. Who in a gang snitches on another gang member?  Talk about a death sentence.  There were two witnesses worth a damn, the guy in the hotel lobby and the 12-year-old selling hot dogs.  Why a kid was selling at 2am is any one’s guess.

The “Lucky”

The defendants, both of them.  How you can be in a gun battle, empty the 15-17 rounds in your gun, ditch your weapon, run, and still be found not guilty!  Claiming self-defense paid off.  Now they may well get convicted if re-tried but for now they are very lucky. 

Blogger Note: if the jury hangs again they walk on the murder charges!

Commentary on the trial.

As described above, the scene was at 2am outside a nightclub with a lot of folks likely pretty liquored up.  The scene got tense and apparently a few people started beefing. Guns were grabbed from cars and later a gun fight broke out.  Guns were fired until the clip was empty, the perpetrators were either dead, or ran and ditched their weapons, and fled the area.  The prosecutors said it was a gang battle or turf war.  While this makes sense in theory, it’s very hard to prove someone is gang affiliated.  The witnesses did not help here at all.  Eixenberger and Ng tried the “here is their social media accounts” move but to no avail.  I saw what I thought were stretches to prove someone is in a gang.  It seemed like from the witness statements on the stand; this group of people all knew each other or were regulars at this club and closed ranks prior to the trial.  The problem with the narrative of a gang turf war is you must prove gang affiliation of all parties involved. 

Second big misstep was the prosecution starting the narrative that one of the dead gunmen, “Sergio” (I’m not going to use full names as case is pending re-trial), was the big bad guy and instigated it.  Wow, you gave the defense a gift.  Now it was self-defense.  Suddenly an open and shut case got blown open, and reasonable doubt could be created.  Did the two defendants illegally possess a gun?  Yeah, but they only returned fire to protect themselves and people around them.  That was how the trial went.  If you can’t prove it’s a gang battle, then you can’t convict, right?

So how would I have prosecuted it?

I would have done the opposite of this Law and Order type prosecution attempt.  I would have stayed away from creating a narrative. Just say what happened. You had enough camera footage and a couple of good witnesses.  Screw the other people out there that night, honestly.  Eixenberger and Ng allowed them to turn it into a dog and pony show that would have made Congress jealous.  I would have focused on 2 of these men at least (not the defendants) that had their weapon on them that night.  I would have focused on all 6 having long criminal histories. I would have pointed out all 6 either had their weapon on their person or in their vehicles and I believe none were supposed to possess/own a gun.  My narrative would have been all 6 were out looking for trouble that night and after a long evening of drinking the situation got tense.  You can see on camera these guys started arguing, A group of them go to their cars to get their weapon, then RETURN TO THE SCENE.  Going back to the scene with a gun is not self-defense, it’s preparing for a gun fight.  Focus on them firing all rounds from the gun whilst running from the scene after engaging in an argument/gunfire. Again, their actions don’t scream self-defense. 1 or 2 shots maybe, 15-17?  No way.  Then fleeing the scene?  Ditching your weapon (one defendant threw his in the river, the other in a planter box).  That doesn’t sound like an innocent person or someone doing self-defense.  Does it sound like it to you?   The 2 brothers (1 defendant/the other died in prison) are from Phoenix, the other defendant from Las Vegas. Why were they in Sacramento with their weapons? 

That would be my narrative.  We didn’t need a months long trial that was a dog and pony show.  Keep it simple, screw the “possible” gang ties.  These 6 were all bad news, no one was bigger or badder than the others.  I think that gets a murder conviction, maybe not murder 1, but murder 2 for sure.  What I said above was a watered-down version of how I would prosecute but dumb narratives like a turf war seem hard to prove.

Tomorrow I’ll break down the reaction from a couple of family members at the post-verdict press conference.

The Chief

I am actually at a loss and can barely find the words for this.  William will tell you, half the time I’m interrupting him on our phone calls.  For some background, El Dorado County is quite literally about 90% MAGA/Trump country.  They gave Gavin the middle finger on covid shutdowns and are probably the reddest part of the state; (They were carved up in redistricting), but I digress. 

I came across this today on my KCRA 3 news app.

Carl Cacconie, convicted of six counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child in El Dorado County, has been captured after nearly 10 months on the run, according to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the FBI Sacramento Field Office.

Cacconie was located in Scottsdale, Arizona, following what officials described as an extensive joint investigation.

Convicted CA child molester captured in Arizona after nearly 10 months on the run

I had to re-read that several times.  No chance it was El Dorado, no chance.  It was.  He was allowed to leave and return for his sentencing.  For those of you used to getting your court related info from Law and Order, you are typically remanded to custody after a guilty verdict.  For some reason this piece of trash was not. 

Cacconie was found guilty on July 17, 2025, following a trial at the El Dorado County courthouse in South Lake Tahoe.

An El Dorado County jury convicted him of six counts of committing lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14.

The victim, now an adult, said she was 11 years old when the abuse occurred. She previously told KCRA 3 she remembered being afraid that no one would believe her.

“He was an adult. People would believe an adult before me,” she said. After the verdict, she described feeling relief after years of pain.

“It was a sense of relief,” she said. “All of the tears — it was all worth it in the end. Even though it was one of the hardest things I’ve had to go through, it felt like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.”

Huh?  Damn! It’s like the Michael Dukakis weekend prison passes from years ago.

Despite the conviction, Cacconie was not immediately taken into custody. According to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office, a deputy district attorney requested that Cacconie be remanded into custody while awaiting sentencing. That request was denied.

Instead, Cacconie remained out of custody on $1 million bail after previously surrendering his passport and being fitted with a monitoring device. El Dorado County Judge Michael McLaughlin allowed him to leave the courthouse and return for sentencing on Aug. 25, 2025. Cacconie faced up to 18 years in prison. He never showed up.

“Where is he? He just disappeared,” the victim previously said.

Oh damn, so the guy who is likely looking at the better part of several life terms or like 580 years in jail didn’t show up to his sentencing?  Wild.  I cannot believe it.  Alert the press. 

On Aug. 17, 2025, Cacconie’s monitoring device stopped transmitting, according to the District Attorney’s Office. He was last seen in San Francisco on Aug. 22, 2025.

On Aug. 25, the day of his sentencing, Cacconie’s family informed the court that they had reported him missing and said he had left behind his phone, wallet and a suicide note.

The victim’s family said that without the discovery of Cacconie’s body, they believed he was alive. On May 14, 2026, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Cacconie in the Eastern District of California for unlawful flight to avoid confinement, which officials said was meant to aid efforts to locate him.  Less than a month later, Cacconie was captured in Arizona.

It remains unclear whether anyone who may have helped Cacconie evade authorities or hide while he was a fugitive is facing charges.

In closing, why was this person allowed to be out on bail?  Also, its El Dorado County not San Francisco County where I would expect this bullshit to take place.  I hope he gets 580 years in prison, and they bury him under the jail. 

The Chief

Bloggers note:  Yes, I am aware Sheriff Cooper is a Democrat. He was once in the State Assembly and held a leadership position.  I also understand he has either 2 wives/girlfriends/baby mommas etc.  I have also heard through the grapevine that he is a piece of work morally and personally.  I am also aware I am going to be heaping some praise on a Democrat so go ahead take my Republican card again. 

The point of this blog is to try to convince the MAGA wannabe Republicans that Democrats actually can do some good.  Cooper, as mentioned above, has issues, but like I tell Democrats to do with Trump, separate the person from his politics.  Cooper like Trump is a piece of work.  Cooper is responsible for the “Cooper Cams” in Sacramento County. (Red light cameras) that I am of the belief are unconstitutional and illegal, but cities need $$$.

You see two things can be true at once. Yes, Cooper is a Democrat, but he is also very tough on criminals/crime.  Cooper, to his credit, wants a ballot initiative (proposition) to reverse the early release of sexual predators. 

Here is some background:

Jim Cooper’s initiative comes amid increased calls to change California’s elderly parole program, which allows some violent criminals—including child rapists and murderers serving life sentences— to be released early. This program was established after the U.S. Supreme Court put California on notice in 2011 for its overcrowded prisons.

Sacramento sheriff announces ballot initiative aiming to keep sexual predators in prison

In the interest of fairness, the prisons were packed, the basketball courts were filled with bunk beds, and California had a problem.  A court appointed Receiver (judge), Clark Kelso, was put in charge of resolving this. 

We also passed a ballot initiative decriminalizing a lot of crimes and allowing early release for “non-violent” felons.  Prop 57 may have had ok intentions, allow me to explain.  I do think some people’s sentences, for slight amounts of drugs, are excessive in nature even for career criminals.  My thinking is locking that person up for a decade is “occupying a bed” for a much more hardened criminals or releasing one early to make room.  Simply on man’s opinion.

Cooper, since getting elected sheriff, has been trying to undo the bad parts of that law.

Through Cooper’s measure, known as “Protect Our Kids: Reform Prop 57,” sexually violent predators would be excluded from being considered for early release. The sheriff has been vocal about his frustration over the elderly parole program.

The elderly parole program is Liberal Democrat poop.  I care little about compassionate release for a murderer or sexual predator.  I could care less if they are 90 and have a myriad of health issues.  Do the crime, do all your time. 

Here are two examples cited by Cooper at his press conference:

Recently, serial child rapist David Allen Funston was released under this program, but Placer County officials immediately took him back into custody to face child molestation charges from 1996.

Good on that DA!

Gregory Vogelsang, who was sentenced to 355 years in prison for sexually abusing young boys in Sacramento County, is also set to be released under the program. For the time being, he will stay in custody for at least another four to six months after being granted parole in November 2025.

Vogelsang had served 27 years of his overall sentence.

27 years out of 355.  Please explain that one to me!  Please!

The term non-violent is blarney.  Yes, sexual predators are not violent, they are the opposite. They want to gain you or your child’s trust, lure them in, and have their way with them.  Why would they be violent?  Oh, they weren’t violent in jail either. Weird, it’s almost like they would be the first one’s killed by the other inmates.  They are usually in a separate lock-up as putting sexual predators in with the general prison population is a death sentence. So yeah, it makes sense they would be model inmates in prison. 

In closing, I will say this, Cooper is on to something and as a Democrat sheriff, he actually will have the ears of lots of Democrat electeds.  This is not the case of a far-right Republican sheriff from a sparsely populated county screaming MAGA at the top of his lungs.  I don’t know if this will ever qualify for the ballot but give him a lot of credit here.  If nothing else, the ballot measure may get the folks thinking we messed up and need to correct the law on the books.

The one thing overlooked about sexual predators is they have far more victims than the ones who came forward.  Many do not want the mental anguish of testifying in court or even looking at their perpetrator.  We previously profiled someone accused of rape on this blog, he too likely has a long list of victims who never came forward.  You see when you have a sexual attraction to those aged under 18, it’s actually uncurable or reversible.  Yeah, it’s that pesky thing called “science” you “pro-covid shot” whackos kept citing during the pandemic.  Simply put, you cannot help that person. The fact they are released back into society is wild, let alone after a fraction of their sentence.  Oh, also this group has one of the highest recidivism (that means re-offender) rates of all criminals, because as stated previously it’s not something that can be treated.  I blame pornography for the lion’s share of this, by the way.  Rapists I associate to a dog who bites someone. If they do it once then the likelihood of doing it again is very high. These guys too need to be locked up and the key thrown away.

As far as the compassionate release part; screw that.  These people victimized and traumatized folks for the rest of their lives!  Justice gets served with 3 hot meals and a cot, complete with guards to make sure nothing happens to them while incarcerated. Why should they get a chance to get out early?  What the heck!  Oh, compassion you say?  Was the perp compassionate when he was committing his crimes?  Get that wad of garbage out of here. 

I say all prisons in California should be required to have a cemetery on site.  All who are admitted with life without parole or a massive number of years to be served should be walked past it on the way to their cell.  They shall be told this is where you will lay after you pass, you will not be getting out early under any circumstances unless your conviction is thrown out.  (This was once the case at Folsom State prison, but the cemetery hasn’t added to its Democrat voter rolls of deceased individuals in many years.) Do that and you will likely see crime plummet.  The idea that a perpetrator can be let out early from their sentence is unfathomable to me, where is the justice?

The Chief

PS Oh, by the way, CRA where are all of your “tough on crime” DA and sheriff types on this?  I hear a lot of crickets.  If you separate Cooper’s personal life from his political one, he isn’t that bad.

I came across this piece of news in my feed the other day and had to blog it.

Woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of rape released from prison following murder conviction

The woman who falsely accused Duke lacrosse players of raping her two decades ago walked free from a North Carolina prison on Friday after serving time for the slaying of her boyfriend.

Crystal Mangum, a 47-year-old former exotic dancer, wore a gray sweatshirt and khaki pants as she left the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women in Raleigh at about 9:49 a.m. ET.

First thing that came to mind is what did she do now?  But to refresh your memory Crystal Mangum is the woman who falsely accused the Duke lacrosse players of rape years ago as listed above.  Well, she apparently killed her boyfriend and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.  To help you understand just how much of a piece of trash this person is, look at the folks whose lives have been ruined around her.

First, while I do not condone her work as a stripper, my guess is when you have nowhere else to turn after your application to be a community organizer is turned down, you strip. 

She performed for the Duke lacrosse team and accused 3 boys of raping her.  The outcry was huge, as you could imagine.  In a state like North Carolina with a large black population, 3 white boys raping a poor black girl was huge news.  More so, Duke is a private and very wealthy prestigious university.   The local County District Attorney, Mike Nifong, picked up the case and charges were filed.  The boys were “convicted” long before the trial in the court of public opinion.  Oh, and this case was spoken about almost nightly on national cable networks.  These boys were dragged through filth, if memory serves correctly, they were kicked off the team and expelled. 

The DA essentially used this case to try to grab a higher office, he now had a very public profile. With all the attention, pressure is ratcheted up, he knew he could not lose this case.  Well, it backfired.  Mangum admitted the rape never happened, but not until about a year later.  The charges were dropped by the State Attorney General.  The boys were declared “innocent.”  Folks, one thing to remember is, in the case of OJ Simpson, he was declared “not guilty;” however, that is not the same as innocent. It means the state did not prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.  These boys were declared innocent, as in falsely charged.  Huge difference. 

DA Mike Nifong was investigated and tried for prosecutorial misconduct; he was subsequently disbarred (lost his law license).  He was charged with contempt and served a day in jail as a result.  Nifong was no saint in the matter, but I do feel a little bad for him.  This case attracted so much attention that he was under pressure for a conviction.  Local sergeant from the Durham police department, Mark Gottlieb, the head investigator of the case took heat too.  Again, he was no saint as he had an axe to grind with students at Duke University.  Again, there was immense pressure here. Does the white cop want to doubt a black girl’s story of rape by rich white kids?  Gottlieb later killed himself, likely due to his role in this and his life altering involvement.

The university settled with all 3 players for, I believe, 20 million each.  Compared to the hell they went through and likely continue to go through, that’s a pittance.

The coach of the team had to resign, another piece of collateral damage in this women’s bullshit life.  Oh, Mangum was never charged for her role in this made-up story. 

So, if you are keeping score at home:

3 lacrosse players live’s altered massively.
1 coach who had to resign and really never recovered.
1 DA disbarred and publicly shamed.
1 police sergeant who killed himself.
1 university that paid out likely over 100 million in damages.

She was never charged.

Oh, then she murdered her boyfriend:

Mangum was convicted in 2013 for second-degree murder in the stabbing of her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, to death in April 2011. She was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.

Let us add him to the tally above.

She is out of prison on parole.  Somehow that feels really wrong that she can breathe the same air as you and I.  When you leave this many people in your wake, do you really deserve to be let out of prison?  Mangum is going to pull another stunt soon. When she does, I hope her and her abettors pay the price.  History has a weird way of repeating itself folks, just watch.  This woman is not sorry, she is lucky.  Not too many people get the same chance as her.  I would have given her life, no parole and ordered the department of prisons to bury her under the jail when she passes. 

Piece of trash!

By The Chief

PS, I am not excusing the behavior or DA Nifong or Sgt Gottlieb, I am just saying they were pawns in her game.  They were literally collateral damage.