tonight a disturbing story, sex offenders in california violating parole conditions brazenly, repeatedly and barely getting their wrists slapped. our report was sparked by a whistle blower who contacted drew griffin because she believes the public is in danger. she felt she had to speak out. now that she has, she s paying a price. more on that in a moment, first, keeping them honest. here is what drew found in his original report. reporter: it s early on a tuesday evening in stockton, california. parole agents are arresting 41-year-old jack turner. described by agents as someone with an extensive history of sexual violence. tonight, though, his only
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the very real safety concerns, one of their parole supervisors, susan cane was trying to raise. well, the state did the exact opposite. it is now trying to punish susan k c kane for appearing here on cnn. drew, what is going on here. the state of california is trying to penalize kane. shortly after our interview, kane retired and the state took away $3,000 of salary saying she appeared on cnn without getting prior approval from her supervisors. even though, john, she made those comments not at work and made sure we knew it was her own personal opinion. let s call this for what it is, it looks like the state trying to silence a whistle blower. trying to silence her and perhaps, john, anyone else thinking about speaking out. we found susan kane on our own and we wanted to know more about
he released four inmates, the ten the day before. amazingly he admits they shouldn t be on the streets. are you comfortable with who is being released? i m not comfortable releasing anybody. i think it s an unfortunate reality, and we do the best that we can by prioritizing the people that we do release. reporter: parole violators like jack turner that have not committed a new crime are usually the first to go. susan cane says parolees, especially sexual predators know they can get away with almost anything. i even had a parolee who was upset last week because we arrested him for being around minors when he s a child molester and says you can do whatever you want to me, i m only going to be in jail one night and when i get out, i m doing what i want and i m going to make your life miserable. as we said, that report first aired last august. you would think the state of california would have taken notice and perhaps looked into
the sex offenders basically being allowed to roam the streets of stockton, california. you would think the governor or department of corrections would be equally concerned but both the governor jerry brown and corrections department have refused to comment about susan cane s case and we learned the state postponed the appeals hearing for several months, we ll stay on it. even more important to report on the story. thanks so much, drew. i understand you have a followup to the investigation you brought us on monday. that s right. it was the story, john, about the new york attorney general reaching the multi million settlement, and the disabled veterans national foundation, a fair we have been reporting on for more than three years. we got a letter from the direct marketing association non-profit federation and the federation wrote in part that cnn has performed a valuable service by showcasing the mismanagement and