Man gets 248 years to life in prison for child sex abuse in Sacramento County
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- Mitchell David Weston was sentenced to 248 years to life for child sexual abuse.
- Jury found him guilty of sexually abusing two girls in Sacramento County.
- Weston will become eligible for elderly parole after serving 20 years of his sentence.
A man who was recently sentenced to 248 years to life in prison for sexually abusing two girls could get out of prison after serving 20 years of his sentence, Sacramento County prosecutors said.
On Friday, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Carlton Davis sentenced Mitchell David Weston, 36, for sexually abusing the two girls., the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
A jury on Dec. 18 found Weston guilty of 16 counts of committing lewd acts upon a child, nine counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child younger than 10 years old and three counts of sexual intercourse or sodomy of a child younger than 10 years old.
Prosecutors said Weston sexually abused the girls over a two-year period, preying on their vulnerability. Both girls later told authorities about the sexual abuse.
Under California law, Weston will become eligible for early release at an elderly parole hearing after serving 20 years of his 248 years to life in prison sentence, according to the District Attorney’s Office. With credit for time already served in custody, prosecutors said Weston will become eligible for parole about 16 years from now.
Depending on a person’s conviction and prison sentence, an inmate may be eligible for elderly parole after being incarcerated at least 20 years and reaching 50 years of age, or being incarcerated at least 25 years and reaching 60 years of age, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Convicted offenders sentenced to death or life without the possibility of parole are not eligible for elderly parole. Also ineligible for elderly parole are offenders sentenced for the second or third strike under California’s “three strikes” law and offenders convicted of first-degree murder of a peace officer or a former peace officer due to performance of their official duties.
