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Teh One Who Knocks
03-29-2022, 11:52 AM
MELANIE WILCOX, CONTRIBUTOR - The Daily Caller


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A man who kidnapped and buried a bus full of children and their driver was released for parole Friday, according to spokesperson Joe Orlando of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CNN reported.

Frederick Newhall Woods, 70, and two co-conspirators kidnapped 26 children and their driver in Chowchilla, a northern California city in Madera County, in 1976, CNN reported. They buried the 27 captives alive in a quarry Woods’ father owned and then demanded $5 million ransom, according to CNN.
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The captives dug themselves out and escaped while Woods and Richard and James Schoenfeld slept, CNN reported. Woods, the last of the men still in prison, had his 18th parole hearing Friday at California Men’s Colony, a state prison in San Luis Obispo. He became eligible for parole in 1982, and Richard Schoenfeld was paroled in 2012 and James Schoenfeld was released in 2015, CNN reported.

After the parole board reviews the decision, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom can either reject the grant or take no action and allow the parole decision to stand, according to CNN.

Many victims told CNN they still experienced anxiety and nightmares, including Darla Neal, age 10 at the time, who said she has “extreme anxiety.”

“I’m overwhelmed to the point that I had to leave work,” Neal said. “I tell myself I should be able to shake this off and deal with it. Yet here I am, a mess.”

lost in melb.
03-29-2022, 12:42 PM
Weird these guys all received very different prison sentences. I just don't get it sometimes...

Teh One Who Knocks
03-29-2022, 12:49 PM
Weird these guys all received very different prison sentences. I just don't get it sometimes...

I assume they all had different lawyers and the sentencing would all come down to what kind of deal the lawyers made with the DA at the time. Maybe one or more turned on the other(s) and testified for the prosecution. Things like that would play into the sentencing. Most defendants would rather make some kind of deal rather than face a jury verdict which could be much worse than the plea deal.

RBP
03-29-2022, 12:52 PM
Or different roles in the events

Teh One Who Knocks
03-29-2022, 01:17 PM
Supposedly this crime was inspired by the 1971 Clint Eastwood film, 'Dirty Harry'.

PorkChopSandwiches
03-29-2022, 04:06 PM
How can you let this guy out....ever

deebakes
03-29-2022, 06:34 PM
open the door? :?

PorkChopSandwiches
03-29-2022, 07:07 PM
They should have made him dig his way out

perrhaps
03-30-2022, 09:38 AM
Time for a class reunion of sorts