(R-Roseville) has issued a statement regarding the release of El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson’s new report on the Phillip Garrido case involving the abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard.
Here's what Gaines had to say:
The report makes it crystal clear that the system failed Jaycee.
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The fact that the Garridos were so easily able to manipulate authorities both inside and outside prison walls points to the need for immediate reform.
I’m a father of six myself and I want to make sure that predators like Phillip and Nancy Garrido don’t victimize anyone else.
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That is why District Attorney Pierson and I are conducting a community discussion (today) to review the sad facts in this report and gather input from other experts to identify a bipartisan solution that will strengthen our state’s public safety system.
The new report is available on the El Dorado County District Attorney’s website here.
The community discussion runs from 10 a.m. to noon today at the State Capitol, Room 4203, in Sacramento. Also present will be:
● Chief Judge James Ware, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
● Nancy O’Malley, Alameda County District Attorney; Chair, CA State Sex Offender Management Board
● Lee Seale, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation
● Harriet Salarno & Laura Strasser, Crime Victims United of CA
● Phillip Ung, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
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Submitted by Betsey Hodges
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