A man who was released from a California prison after serving time for murder was reportedly arrested only weeks after he completed his parole.
Eddie Harris, 67, was charged in the murder of a woman who was found in an alley in south Los Angeles, with multiple “lacerations” across her body.
Harris served more than three decades in a California prison after his conviction in 1982 for murder, according to FOX11. Sources told the outlet that Harris had completed his three-year parole just weeks before he was arrested.
California inmates convicted of certain crimes and who are over the age of 50 are entitled to an elder parole hearing after serving more than 20 years of a sentence.
At the time of publication, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment, and it is unclear if Harris was released under this program.
Larry Morse, the legislative director for the California District Attorneys Association, said he expects situations such as these to increase as California legislators continue to pass laws aimed at reducing the state’s prison population.
“A lot of criminals are still very active and very capable of inflicting unimaginable pain and suffering on people after 50 years of age,” Morse said. “There is a headlong rush in Sacramento to pass any and everything that can be characterized as criminal justice reform. The fact of the matter is a great deal of what is coming out of Sacramento these days is not reform — it’s reckless.”
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The legislature has taken several steps to change policing in the Golden State, including a change in the length of time offenders convicted of some sex crimes are required to register. Choke holds and carotid holds were also banned by legislators. The state also limited probation to two years for most felony offenses and one year for most misdemeanors.
