
A photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows convicted murderer David Weidert on Jan. 18, 2017.
Newsom took no action last Friday on the state parole board's latest decision granting parole to David Weidert, his office said Monday, meaning that Weidert, 58, is now eligible for release.
Weidert received a life sentence for killing 20-year-old Fresno-area resident Michael Morganti in 1980 to cover up a $500 burglary.
Newsom blocked Weidert's parole last year, saying then that he "currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time." Then-Gov. Jerry Brown similarly reversed release recommendations for Weidert in 2016 and 2018.














Comment: It's good that he's gone, but for the wrong reasons. He's been #MeToo'd, but that isn't the real reason the system turned on one of its own.