{"id":2370,"date":"2020-11-10T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T18:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2020-11-10T10:58:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T18:58:25","slug":"ca-law-makes-serial-rapist-eligible-for-parole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=2370","title":{"rendered":"CA Law Makes Serial Rapist Eligible for Parole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A serial rapist who sexually assaulted five young women in the Southern California community of Del Mar in the 1990s will be eligible for parole next year.\u00a0 Teri Figueroa of the Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2020-11-04\/a-rapist-who-terrorized-del-mar-got-326-years-in-prison-the-law-changed-and-now-hes-up-for-parole\">reports<\/a> that although Robert Rustad was sentenced to 326-years-to-life for the assaults, because he was under 23-years-old when the committed the crimes, he will eligible for parole after serving first 25 years of his sentence in 2021.\u00a0 The law in question, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/3135e3919f7345d8a39f2bd8d07ca59d\">SB 394<\/a> was signed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2017.\u00a0 That same year, Brown signed another law (<a href=\"https:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1308\">AB 1308<\/a>) which raised a defendant&#8217;s age to 25 when the crimes were committed to be eligible.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The parole eligibility is available for all offenders, including murderers.\u00a0 Rustad stalked his victims, choosing women who were alone in their homes.\u00a0 He would enter, often while the victim was in the shower, then tie them up at knifepoint, before sexually assaulting them.\u00a0 One victim was severely beaten.\u00a0 In 1996, his last victim, a 22-year-old coed, managed to untie herself and chased Rustad as he was attempting escape until he was tackled by a neighbor.\u00a0 Rustad plead guilty to three-dozen crimes including the rapes.\u00a0 His defense attorney said that his immature brain made his less culpable for the attacks and that Rustad has since gained insight and feels &#8220;genuine remorse.&#8221;\u00a0 A San Diego Deputy District Attorney disagreed, saying Rustad committed &#8220;cold-blooded, premeditated crimes,&#8221; 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