Governor Brown Has Released 82% Of Prison Lifers In The Last 3 Years. Apparently He Supports Murder, Rape and Kidnapping.

Source SF Gate:

Nearly 1,400 lifers in California’s prisons have been released over the past three years in a sharp turnaround in a state where murderers and others sentenced to life with the possibility of parole almost never got out.

Since taking office three years ago, Gov. Jerry Brown has affirmed 82 percent of parole board decisions, resulting in a record number of inmates with life sentences going free.

Brown’s predecessor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, authorized the release of 557 lifers during his six-year term, sustaining the board at a 27 percent clip. Before that, Gov. Gray Davis over three years approved the release of two.

Crime victims and their advocates have said the releases are an injustice to the victims and that the parolees could pose a danger to the public. More than 80 percent of lifers are in prison for murder, while the remaining are mostly rapists and kidnappers.

The governor’s office said the overcrowding crisis plays no role in the parole decisions. Rather, the governor’s office said, each case is addressed individually and Brown is bound by court orders that require state officials to ease the stringent parole requirements that have dramatically increased the time murderers spend in prison.

Well this sounds logical. You mean to tell me that almost 1,400 murderers, rapists and kidnappers are back on the streets and it’s not because of an overcrowding issue in the prisons? Then what possible fucking reason do you have to release them? To be quite honest, even if there is an overcrowding issue then maybe we should build bigger prisons. If you’re gonna tax me on something, tax me for this. I’d rather pay taxes to guarantee my safety than have ex-cons running all over the place murdering, raping and kidnapping people because you know that they are going to be repeat offenders.

This isn’t going to be a Shawshank Redemption situation where these parolees are innocent and just want to go to Zihuatanejo in Mexico and live on the beach. This is a very real problem. I’m buying a bulletproof vest.