Criminal
Jan. 10, 2018
Judge orders child molester freed, blames public defender’s office systemic breakdown
A Los Angeles County judge condemned a 15-year delay in holding a trial to review the man’s continued incarceration.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James Bianco
LOS ANGELES -- A convicted serial child molester can be released next month after a Los Angeles County judge ruled that a 15-year delay in holding a trial to review his continued incarceration was caused by a systemic breakdown of the public defender system.
A prosecutor argued in a contentious hearing Tuesday that a string of judges failed year after year to assign the man an outside attorney, and that other molesters could be free...
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