Parolee Charged with Murder: A New York man on parole for a burglary conviction has been arrested and charged with the murder of a 17-year-old girl. Steve Yablonski of the Oswego County Today reports that 32-year-old Steven D. Szatanek allegedly lured the young girl to a beach where he drowned her, two campers saw the girl's body later that day floating in the water. Szatanek has been charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, if convicted, he faces a possible sentence of 25 years to life.
CA Reduces Penalties for 'Low Level' Offenders: California voters have approved a proposition that is expected to release thousands of state prisoners back into local communities. Matt Sledge of the Huffington Post reports that Proposition 47 will reduce felonies like shoplifting and drug possession, gun theft and possession of date rape drugs down to misdemeanors. As many as 10,000 people may now be eligible for early release from state custody, and courts are expected to try 40,000 fewer felonies each year.
Convicted Killer Denied Parole: A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a woman in 1981 has been denied parole by the state's court of appeals. The Associated Press reports that Milton Trotter, along with two accomplices, kidnapped a California woman and brought her back to Mississippi where they killed her and left her body in a hotel room. All three of the men pled guilty to the federal kidnapping charge and state murder charge in 1981, Trotter was paroled from his federal kidnapping sentence in 2011 and asked the state court that he be released from custody for the murder charge.
CA Reduces Penalties for 'Low Level' Offenders: California voters have approved a proposition that is expected to release thousands of state prisoners back into local communities. Matt Sledge of the Huffington Post reports that Proposition 47 will reduce felonies like shoplifting and drug possession, gun theft and possession of date rape drugs down to misdemeanors. As many as 10,000 people may now be eligible for early release from state custody, and courts are expected to try 40,000 fewer felonies each year.
Convicted Killer Denied Parole: A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping and murdering a woman in 1981 has been denied parole by the state's court of appeals. The Associated Press reports that Milton Trotter, along with two accomplices, kidnapped a California woman and brought her back to Mississippi where they killed her and left her body in a hotel room. All three of the men pled guilty to the federal kidnapping charge and state murder charge in 1981, Trotter was paroled from his federal kidnapping sentence in 2011 and asked the state court that he be released from custody for the murder charge.
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