Elderly Parole Program Could Shorten Kidnapper's Prison Sentence By 400 Years
Seven years after Jaycee Dugard was rescued from the hands of a convicted sex offender, Phillip Garrido is now eligible for release some 400 years early.
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Seven years after Jaycee Dugard was rescued from the hands of a convicted sex offender, Phillip Garrido is now eligible for release some 400 years early.
Kidnapped at the age of 11 as she walked to school in her South Lake Tahoe neighborhood in 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard was found 18 years later in 2009.
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Disturbing new video released Tuesday shows the wife of convicted kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido luring a young girl into the couple's van, asking her to do the splits and videotaping her, two years after the couple kidnapped 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard.
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Federal parole agents failed to properly monitor convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido during the time he kidnapped, raped and held captive Jaycee Dugard, missing chances to stop his crimes, according to a confidential review made public Friday by the chief federal judge in San Francisco.
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The man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years has been moved from the El Dorado County Jail to his new home in state prison.
The woman who helped kidnap and keep Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years has been moved to her new permanent home in state prison.
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The public defender who handled the high-profile case of Phillip Garrido said she believes the confessed kidnapper of Jaycee Lee Dugard received an excessive sentence, but said he acknowledged his guilt in the case since the first time she met him.
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Phillip and Nancy Garrido have pleaded guilty to kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years.
A California woman who was abducted as a girl in 1991 and held captive for 18 years must wait longer to see justice done after an expected plea deal was derailed Thursday by defense concerns that a grand jury might have been improperly selected and acted inappropriately.
Convicted rapist Phillip Garrido is expected to plead guilty Thursday to kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard and holding her captive for nearly two decades, but the county district attorney said nothing has been decided.
Phillip Garrido, the man who is accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 has agreed to a plea deal.
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