Pete Wilson was one of the worst governors in CA history, so I'm not sure following his bad example is a good look for the state.
https://www.kusi.com/state-senator-jones-calls-to-halt-proposed-placements-of-svps-in-east-county/
State Senator Jones calls to halt proposed placements of SVPs in East County
Posted: April 16, 2021 KUSI Newsroom
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Sen. Brian Jones said Friday he has asked Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration to halt the potential placements of two convicted sex offenders in an East County home.
The placements in question are the proposed conditional releases of Douglas Badger and Merle Wakefield, both of whom the Department of State Hospitals has recommended be housed in a supervised home on Horizon Hills Drive in the Mt. Helix neighborhood.
Badger, 78, was convicted of sexual assaults dating back to the 1970s, mostly victimizing male hitchhikers, while Wakefield, 64, was convicted of sexual assaults dating back to the 1980s, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
Both men are classified as sexually violent predators, a designation for those convicted of sexually violent offenses and diagnosed with a mental disorder that makes them likely to re-offend.
After serving their prison sentences, sexually violent predators may undergo treatment at state hospitals, but may also petition courts to continue treatment in supervised outpatient locations. Both men’s requests for conditional release have been granted by judges.
Badger has a hearing scheduled for Tuesday regarding his potential placement, while Wakefield’s hearing is scheduled for next month. Both hearings are public and will be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jones said he sent two letters this month to Department of State Hospitals Director Stephanie Clendenin after constituents expressed concerns regarding the proposed placements.
In a statement, Jones cited two instances in which former Govs. Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian overruled state authorities to order convicted rapists to serve the remainders of their parole in trailers on the grounds of state prisons.
“Neither Douglas Badger or Merle Wakefield are suitable to be released from secure state facilities, let alone dumping them in a residential neighborhood in Mt. Helix,” said Jones, R-Santee.
“Both are dangerous sexually violent predators who have repeatedly targeted and attacked children. Rather than renting a spacious home to serve as a boarding house for these people, Governor Newsom ought to follow the lead of former Govs. Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian. Both of these governors got creative and ordered that dangerous parolees be housed in trailers at state correctional facilities.”
Thats Right Kenosha the city known for mass shootings and thugs have to deal with this one.
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Before he is alleged to have beaten his grandfather to death with a hammer, Bryan Luitze II spoke to a relative about the grandfather’s past.
“How can you forgive him?” Luitze asked, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday. Luitze told the relative he “could not forgive someone like that” and said he was considering “taking him out,” the complaint states.
“Jesus, he paid his debt to society and it has been a long time,” the relative said he told Luitze. “It’s been a long time and it’s over.”
Luitze, 25, of Racine, was charged Friday with first-degree intentional homicide for the Aug. 15 bludgeoning death of Charles Luitze, 70, of Somers. He is alleged to have beaten Luitze to death, leaving behind a gruesome scene discovered by a neighbor who went looking for Charles in his Sheridan Road home after she was unable to reach him.
The first deputy who arrived after the neighbor called 911 reported that when he walked into Charles’s bedroom he found the elderly man lying dead on his bed, blood splattered on the walls. A hammer was still embedded in Charles’s face, the handle pointed toward the door, the center of his face crushed inward.
“It’s a particularly chilling homicide,” Assistant District Attorney Andrew Bergoyne said in Kenosha County Circuit Court Friday. “The mechanism of murder here with the hammer blows bludgeoning the victim in the middle of the face is noteworthy.”