Key Points
- An analysis of a California sex offenders database shows thousands of child molesters are being let out of prison after just a few months
- DailyMail.com’s investigation reveals more than 7,000 sex offenders were convicted of ‘lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age’
- Those 7,000 pedophiles were released the same year they were convicted
- Others who committed some of the worst child sex crimes, including sodomy and rape of children, served similarly short sentences
- Current and former Los Angeles sex crime prosecutors tell DailyMail.com that the figures are ‘terrifying’ and ‘shameful’
- Deputy DA Jon Hatami blames Proposition 57, a 2016 bill allowing early parole for nonviolent felons which was supported by his boss, LA DA George Gascón
- ‘Thousands of child victims are being denied justice and George Gascón and his group of radical prosecutors can care less,’ Hatami said
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