The answer is in the story:
" wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families"
Maybe he’s sorry?
What could possibly go wrong?
Kidnapping used to carry the death penalty long ago.
“Woods and the Schoenfelds planned their crime for more than a year and, in 1976, all pleaded guilty to kidnapping. They were each given 27 life sentences WITHOUT the possibility of parole.”
An appellate panel, which included the governor’s late father, state Judge William Newsom, REDUCED the kidnappers’ sentences in 1980, giving them the chance at parole.”
Read the above again. That’s why I support the Death Penalty. There is simply NO SUCH THING as ‘throwing away the key’, as a future judge can do whatever he pleases (or whatever Soros asks of him). This is a PERFECT example, although I’m glad he did a decent amount of time, this time.
San Francisco’s next mayor.
Absolute ghoul. Doesn’t even look human.
Oh dear God.
CA govs already freed the others.
I wasn’t even expecting any living perps for this. They must’ve only been around 25 or so.
Insane.
<< Woods masterminded the kidnapping plot after being inspired by the 1971 Clint Eastwood film Dirty Harry. >>
Right, because things worked out so well for Scorpio.
I remember that. Complete horror show. I could not imagine what those kids went through then and still can’t imagine now. He deserves no parole.
I remember this story. Had no idea the guy was still alive.
Not sure what this had to do with Dirty Harry...but there was a movie about it, starring Karl Malden.
"In 2016, a worker's compensation lawsuit filed against Woods also revealed that he had been running several businesses, including a gold mine and a car dealership, from behind bars without notifying prison authorities as required. The heir to two wealthy California families, the Newhalls and the Woodses, he inherited a trust fund from his parents that was described in one court filing as being worth $100 million (equivalent to $108 million in 2020), although Woods' lawyer disputed that amount. He has married three times while in prison and has purchased a mansion about 30 minutes away from the prison."...
"In 2016, the 25 surviving kidnapped children settled a lawsuit they had filed against their kidnappers. The money they received was paid out of Frederick Woods' trust fund, and although the exact settlement amount was not disclosed, one survivor stated that they had each received "enough to pay for some serious therapy — but not enough for a house."
Woods lived behind bars like a millionaire, on the state dollar, for the last forty years. Cases like this are why the late, great Seattle PI and Times columnist Emmett Watson loved hating California.
Woods needs a dirt nap!
but by golly let’s keep jan 6 peaceful protestors in prison in solitary confinement without the possibility of bail because ‘they are too dangerous to let go’ according ot prosecutors and judges that have denied them bail
WOW
GTFOOH
This world is so crazy... would you even be SURPRISED for a moment if this man is released and then hired as a school bus driver?!
Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history
Those kids are aging adults now. It wouldn’t hurt my feelings if one of them returned the favor.