Cody Woodson Klemp, 67, was convicted in for repeatedly raping his year-old niece in his home in He has served 29 years of a year sentence at the California Institution for Men in Chino. Klemp was granted parole in November under the Elderly Parole Program, which makes prisoners 50 or older eligible for parole hearings if they have served 20 continuous years of their sentence.
A parole board panel determines whether an inmate is suitable for release based on age and time served, as well as whether diminished physical condition has reduced their risk of violence.
The program, enacted in , previously allowed for a parole review for inmates 60 years or older who had served a minimum of 25 years of continuous incarceration. The parameters changed in Anyone who wants to attend the hearing via telephone can do so by calling and entering the conference ID The latter assault landed Klemp in Patton State Hospital for three years as a mentally disordered sex offender. At the time, a probation officer who recommended the maximum sentence noted that Klemp threatened to kill the victim for reporting the sexual assaults.
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