US EditionSacramento Officials Oppose Early Release of Convicted Child Predator Under Elder Parole Program
Sacramento officials argue the elderly parole law endangers public safety after child molester Gregory Vogelsang was approved for release after 27 years, despite a 355-year sentence.
- On March 12, 2026, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho and Sheriff Jim Cooper asked the Board of Parole Hearings to review Gregory Vogelsang's parole grant, requesting an en banc hearing scheduled for Wednesday, March 18.
- California's elderly parole law, enacted in 2017 and modified in 2020, makes inmates 50 or older eligible after serving 20 consecutive years, enabling Vogelsang's release despite his 355-year sentence.
- Vogelsang was convicted in the mid-1990s of molesting six boys aged 5–11 and received a 355-years-to-life sentence on multiple counts; prosecutors note he had an above-average risk assessment for reoffending.
- Officials urged the public to call 916-267-0857 and attend the hearing at 1515 K Street, Suite 550, warning that the release risks reopening trauma for victims aged as young as 3 to 12.
- This case follows convicted child molester David Allen Funston's parole last month, marking a second recent release under the elderly parole program; lawmakers are proposing bills to raise eligibility age back to 60.
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Sacramento officials oppose early release of convicted child predator under elder parole program
Sacramento County's district attorney and sheriff are pushing back against the parole board's decision to grant early release to Gregory Vogelsang, a 57-year-old convicted child predator, under the state's elderly parole program.
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