Monday, July 02, 2012

‘CLERICAL ERROR’ LEADS TO DEATH BY MURDER OF AN INNOCENT VICTIM

To me, a clerical error would be something like checking the wrong box on a printed form. Mistakenly discharging a convicted felon from parole would have to involve far, far more than just a clerical error. When I was a parole agent, a recommendation for discharge from parole required the approval of the district supervisor all the way up the line to the parole board. Unless that process has changed, by blaming the discharge on a clerical error, CDCR is attempting to whitewash a monumental fuckup by a bunch of its officials, including some high ranking ones.

CLERICAL ERROR RESULTS IN THE RELEASE OF A DANGEROUS CRAZY PERSON WHICH RESULTS IN A MURDER
By Bob Walsh

PACOVILLA Corrections blog
June 30, 2012

Charles Anthony Edwards III is by most reasonable definitions a dangerous crazy person. Almost his entire adult life he has been in and out of either prison or secure mental health facilities in the formerly great state of California. A screw-up in handling his case led directly to the death of a private citizen.

When he paroled in November of 2010 he was paroled to Atascadero State Hospital as he had been determined to be dangerous. He was then released to a program in Manteca where his meds and general condition could be monitored. After a couple of stays there he went back to Atascadero as a self-admit. At some point California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials determined that he was dangerous and should be involuntarily confined.

However, due to what CDCR is describing as a clerical error Edwards was discharged from parole and was allowed to simply walk out with no supervision and a bag of meds. He ended up in Santa Cruz where he knifed a store owner to death on a public sidewalk.

Edwards is now facing one count of murder with special allegations. He has pleaded not guilty. Teri McDonald [Undersecretary of Operations], paid liar for CDCR, has admitted that, “We know that we’re accountable.” That generally means, “We take the responsibility, but not the blame.”

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