El Dorado County DA speaks out against early California prisoner releases

Rowena Shaddox reports

NIKKI IS OFF TONIGHT, FOXFORTY'S ROWENA SHADDOX SPOKEWITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYABOUT ONE PARTICULAR CASE THATHAS HIM OUTRAGED.THIS IS A BROADER THAN JUSTELDORADO COUNTY THIS ISIMPACTING THE ENTIRE STATE OFCALIFORNIA.THE EARLY RELEASE OF PRISONINMATES FLOODING INTO COUNTIESACROSS THE STATE HAS ANGEREDSEVERAL DISTRICT ATTORNEYS,INCLUDING ELDORADO COUNTY DAVERN PIERSON PEOPLE THAT BEINGRELEASED NOW.ARE SOME OF THE MOSTSERIOUS MOST VIOLENTOFFENDERS.PEARSON SAYS VINCENT GARCIAFREE EARLY DUE TO THECORONAVIRUS.HE'S ALREADY VIOLATED HISPAROLE AND THEN HE WASARRESTED FOR NUMEROUS CRIMES.PAROLE FOR CRIMES OFPOSSESSING A FIREARM AND FALSEIMPRISONMENT WITH A PREVIOUSSTRIKE OF FIRST DEGREEBURGLARY FOLLOWING HIS RELEASEPEARSON SAYS HE RE OFFENDED BYCOMMITTING ROBBERY BURGLARYPOSSESSING A FIREARM ANDDOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

LAWENFORCEMENT SEARCHED FOR HIMFOR DAYS ALL WHILE HE MADETHREATS TO SHOOT ELDORADOSHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, HE'S ADANGEROUS PERSON AND HE'S REOFFENDED MULTIPLE TIMES.AND IN A SHOULD NOT HAVEBEEN OUT OF CUSTODY AT THETIME THE ERIE OFFENDEDPEARSON'S SAYS IT COMES DOWNTO RECIDIVISM HE CITES A 5YEAR STUDY FROM 2012 TO 2017FOLLOWING 34 STATES ON RECENTOF IT SHOWED THAT 62% OFINMATES WERE ARRESTED WITHIN 3YEARS OF THEIR RELEASE AND 71%WERE ARRESTED WITHIN 5 YEARSIN OPPOSITION TO EARLY INMATERELEASES MULTIPLE DISTRICTLAWSUIT, HOPING IT WILL FORCETHE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONSTO GO THROUGH A FORMAL PROCESSBEFORE ANY FUTURE RULE CHANGESWHEN IT COMES TO INMATEPUBLIC TO WEIGH IN.

HE SAYSLIKE IN THE CASE OF THESUSPECTS WHO ASSAULTED FORMERSENATOR BARBARA BOXERCRIMINALS NEED TO BE HELDACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONSAND WORKING IN THE CALIFORNIALEGISLATURE THERE IS AN AWFULLOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEENELECTED TO REPRESENT US THATGENERALLY HAVE THAT MINDSETTHAT WE'RE.WE SHOULD HOLD PEOPLEACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENT CRIMESTHAT THEY COMMIT.

INSTEAD WESHOULD DO IS GET OFFER THEM ASOCIAL WORKER AND COUNSELOR INELDORADO COUNTY ROWENA SHADDOX