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Criminal

Nov. 13, 2020

DA blasts release of ‘unremorseful’ double murderer 10 years early

Gov. Gavin Newsom in March commuted the sentence of Rodney McNeal, convicted of murdering his wife and unborn daughter in San Bernardino County.

DA blasts release of ‘unremorseful’ double murderer 10 years early
Jason Anderson (Courtesy of the San Bernardino County District Attorney's Office)

A former San Bernardino County probation officer convicted of murdering his wife and unborn daughter in 1997 will be released on parole nearly a decade early today, drawing a rebuke from DA Jason Anderson who said the release is an injustice to victims.

“The parole board’s decision regarding double murderer Rodney Patrick McNeal strips away the notice, and reliance on the victims’ family placed in the criminal justice system,” Ande...

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