Crime Victims United

BREAKING: David Funston— the serial child rapist allowed early release under California’s Elder Parole law— is behind bars now on new charges. Placer County’s DA says charges stem from 1996, when he allegedly sexually assaulted a child in Roseville.

Convicted and sentenced child rapist David Funston was authorized by a parole board to be released tomorrow, Thursday 2/26, from CA state prison on “Elder Parole.” Today, The California District Attorneys Association joined the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation & urged the California Board of Parole Hearings to reconsider their flawed release decision under relevant case law and authority. It should have never come to this. The buck has always stopped with Governor Newsom on this issue. He previously approved the amended elder parole law in 2020 and now his fully at-will parole board has triggered a nightmare scenario for dozens of victims and millions of Californians. We hope he/they reconsider.

He was convicted. He was sentenced to life. The victims were toddlers. No family should have to relive this because the system decided a serial child molester qualifies for “elderly parole.” Some crimes should mean exactly what the sentence says: life.

Another serial child kidnapper/rapist is being released from prison early, at the age of 64, under California’s “elder parole” program. This latest released monster kidnapped seven children under the age of seven & raped them. One little girl was 3. He lured her into his car with a Barbie before driving away and raping her He was convicted by a jury and sentenced by a judge to three life terms in prison in 1999. Because of this state law, enacted by democratic lawmakers in 2018, he will soon be free. Democrats and Governor Newsom even expanded the law in 2021. No other state in the US has such a lenient elder parole law Call your state lawmakers and demand they change this law to close the loophole that allows serial child rapists to get out of prison early. One party rule in CA for so many years has been terrible for victims of crime.

Friendly reminder: California state legislative Democrats voted for early release of violent criminals.