Column: Should Child Rapists Be Released Just because They're Old? Maybe

Column: Should child rapists be released just because they're old? Maybe

Two high-outrage cases of possible parole for sex offenders have put California's elderly parole program under scrutiny. No one wants a child rapist on the streets, but the issue is more complicated than one case.

California parole board recommends release of serial child molester sentenced to 355 years

Gregory Vogelsang molested six boys in the 1990s, children between the ages of 5 and 11. A court sentenced him to 355 years in prison. He has served 27 of them. And now California's parole board has recommended he walk free. Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho announced the recommendation, which came through California's Elderly Parole Program. The program allows inmates 50 or older who have served at least 20 consecutive years to recei…