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Child Rapist's Early Prison Release 'Shocks' Riverside County DA
California's Board of Parole Hearings has agreed to release a Riverside County convicted rapist 29 years into his 170-year prison sentence.

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California's Board of Parole Hearings has agreed to release a Riverside County convicted rapist 29 years into his 170-year prison sentence.

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