The man who police said stabbed four people to death in California on Wednesday, Aug. 7 was identified as a gang member who was released from prison early thanks to a state bill that was passed in 2011.
AB 109 mandated that for some prisoners who committed crimes on or after July 1 that year, “that a term of four days be deemed to have been served for every two days spent in actual custody,” leading to the early release of a number of criminals.
