| Alleged kidnapper's parole report to be released |
| Updated 11/4/2009 3:43 PM ET |
But during that time, Garrido allegedly kidnapped Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and kept her hidden in the backyard of his Antioch, Calif., home. Never did any parole officer uncover the crime until after the now 29-year-old had been missing for 18 years.
Wednesday, the Office of the Inspector General will release a report citing what mistakes may have been made by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in their handling of Garrido's parole.
"I have no sense of embarrassment from my department," said Scott Kernan of the CDCR, a few days after Garrido was arrested. "I think (the department) acted appropriately, and I'm very proud of the officer, and how our agency responded this case."
One Sacramento legal expert says it's already easy to see why California's parole agency had trouble following Garrido. "I can tell you right now what happened without reading that report," said Sacramento criminal defense attorney Bill Portanova.
"What happened is, nobody had enough time to do the job they're assigned to do. "There is no doubt that the end report is going to say (the CDCR) had too many cases, and nobody could do as good a job as they would have done had they had more manpower. That's the standard response from every government agency that fails."
Portanova says the trouble is in the system: Too many nonviolent offenders are put in the same class as violent sex offenders, like Garrido. "There are violent, sexually destructive, assaultive predators who should be given 1,000 times more attention than all the other felons. But they're getting the same attention because they're felons."
The Inspector General's report will focus on the 10 years Garrido spent under California supervision. It will not include any findings from the 11 years he spent supervised by Federal and Nevada agencies. It was during his time under federal parole supervision that Garrido allegedly kidnapped Dugard in South Lake Tahoe.
| Posted 11/4/2009 10:28 AM ET | |
| Updated 11/4/2009 3:43 PM ET | |
