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Paul F. Hackley, 18 years old, and Robert J. Smith, 19 years old, both of Hyde Park, were sentenced on charges of aggravated rape. They will be eligible for parole after two years.
The courts, with their flair for poetic justice, furthered those images when they doled out legal justice. Locke, for his pains, got a seven-to 10-year sentence, he must serve at least 28 months before becoming eligible for parole. He currently resides in Walpole, the Alcatraz of New England...
Californians still have vivid memories of what Fain did one night in June 1967. Driving along a country road in the San Joaquin Valley, he flashed his headlights at the car in front of him until it pulled over. When the other driver, Mark Ulrich, 17, got out, Fain killed...
While Fain is reportedly "calm" about this second disappointment, his lawyers will again challenge the parole reversal, arguing that the reliance on public opinion is unconstitutional. Fain is not the only California prisoner with a direct stake in the outcome. Another is Gregory Powell, whose murder of a Los Angeles...
Public outrage about a pending parole is almost never relevant legally. But this campaign worked. Calling the outcry "extraordinary," the board of prison terms stopped Pain's release. Fain may not have been surprised. Six years ago, a 22,000-name petition and a single legislator teamed to block...