Parole allowed for man who buried California victim alive
Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Newsom took no action last Friday on the state parole board’s latest decision granting parole to David Weidert, his office said Monday, meaning that Weidert, 58, is now eligible for release. Newsom blocked Weidert’s parole last year, saying then that he “currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time.” Then-Gov. Newsom this year accepted the finding of the Board of Parole Hearings, “which determined that he does not pose a current unreasonable risk to public safety,” his office said Monday without elaborating. One of them, businessman John Cox, said the decision “sickens me” and that Weidert“should never see the light of day again.” Republican Assemblyman Jim Patterson, who has lobbied against Weidert’s release for years, accused Newsom of siding with criminals: “The man who tortured and murdered a mentally disabled young man goes free while his family is forced to relive the horror.” Morganti had served as a look-out as Weidert committed the burglary.
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