Pasadena Sex Predator Dies Before Release Hearing

Carnot “No No” Lyles, 56, one of the first men committed to a state hospital under the 1996 Sexually Violent Predator law, died of terminal cancer over the weekend before his scheduled release hearing.

Authorities considered releasing Lyles, who was convicted of raping a Pasadena woman in front of her family and later sexually molesting a 9-year-old girl, because of his terminal cancer, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

His hearing was rescheduled from last Friday to this Friday because attorneys said they needed more time to gather witnesses.

Lyles’ two victims had been fighting his release.

Under the Sexually Violent Predator law, prisoners can petition for conditional release if they can prove they are no longer a threat to society, such as declining health.

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