The "Pillowcase rapist" to be released from prison

[davidn3600]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The so-called "Pillowcase Rapist" who attacked at least 40 women in the 1970s and 1980s will be freed and allowed to live in a remote Southern California desert area despite a host of vocal protests, a judge ordered Friday.

Christopher Evans Hubbart, 63, must be released from a state facility by July 7, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Gilbert Brown ruled.

Hubbart will be permitted to rent a small house near Palmdale, some 45 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.

"Now we are preparing for his arrival," said District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who spent months fighting Hubbart's release. "We will do everything within our authority to protect the residents of Los Angeles County from this dangerous predator."

http://news.yahoo.com/california-judge-says-serial-rapist-released-190825331.html?bcmt=comments-postbox

[bettyellen]

1. He got 16 years for 40 rapes and did it again two months

After being paroled. Now they say he's cured?

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3. He has reoffended twice, actually...

Hubbart was first arrested back in 1972 after raping about 25 women in the LA area, reportedly placing a pillowcase over their heads during the assaults. He was classified a "mentally disordered sex offender" and sent to Atascadero State Hospital, which released him in 1979, according to court records.

He relocated to San Francisco, where he raped another 15 women. Hubbart got a 16-year prison sentence in 1982 but was paroled after serving just half that time. He tried to rape two more women not long after he was paroled and got another three years behind bars.

http://www.businessinsider.com/why-christopher-hubbart-is-getting-released-2013-8#ixzz32c6FSh7A

[bettyellen]

4. Ugh, worse than I remember. Why would anyone think such a compulsive

Psycho is cured is beyond me. Those sentences are ridiculous. So fucked up.

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5. I'm never surprised by the incompetence or indifference of medical personnel at psych facilities.

[davidn3600]

6. Yet that teenager in Texas is facing a life sentence for hash brownies

Justice system is a mess.

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2. I'd like to have a little sit down with the doctors who deemed him cured of being a predator...

Since there doesn't appear to be any evidence that a violent sex offender of this caliber is ever able to be cured of such a condition.

[DebJ]

7. I think he should be released to the home of the judge, or his daughter

if he has one.