Frederick Woods kidnapped a school bus full of children in 1976 and buried them alive.
The group took the hostages 100 miles away to Livermore where they were placed into a moving truck and buried alive. Woods and the brothers demanded $5 million from the state Board of Education. California Gov. Gavin Newsom's late father, state Judge William Newsom, reduced all three men's life sentences in 1980 so they could have a chance at parole.
Richard was released in 2012 after an appeals court order and James was paroled by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2015. “I’ve had empathy for the victims which I didn’t have then,” Woods said in March. “I’ve had a character change since then.”that requires parole commissioners to give greater weight to freeing inmates who were convicted in their youth, but are now elderly and have served long prison sentences.
The approval from the parole hearing became final earlier this year, then was sent to Newsom who had 30 days to review the decision. Because it's not a murder conviction, Newsom was not able to overrule it, but instead, sent it to the Board of Parole hearings for review. Natalie Neysa Alund covers trending news for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter
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