Sheriff John McMahon: New California Mandate Forced Release of Repeat Felony Child Abuse Suspect

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MCMAHON: “Good evening, Laura. I can’t speak in detail about his current case but what I did say before is that he had a prior conviction for child abuse as well as a prior conviction for domestic violence. And although I think this is an oversight on behalf of the judicial council, I don’t believe that they intended to leave this specific crime out so that it would be eligible for zero bail, but it’s our responsibility, in my opinion, as law enforcement leaders to only bring information forward to the citizens that we serve, but equally important, it’s our responsibility to work with the judicial council on some solutions. I’m happy to say today we had a conference call that was very productive with members of the judicial council who clarified some of the concerns that we had but also listened to some of the others.”