six year sentence. even though a court psychiatrist who examined him pushed for 30 years. he s not alone. in california a staggering 17,000 sex predators have been released since 2007. why are these monsters allowed to prey on more victims in our neighborhood. and joining us is mark klas as his 12-year-old daughter polly in 1993. this is painful for you to see that we ve got 17,000 people out on the streets in california, why? well, in 2006 by 70-30. californians voted for jessica s law. one of the mandates in jessica s law is very simple, prior to their release date a potential sexual predator has to undergo a panel evaluation, two expert psychiatrists or psychologists, if they agree that he s still a potential threat, that information needs to be forward to the forwarded to the d.a. for civil commitment proceedings to begin.
larry: marc klaas, why does this go on? first of all, i think that we have to listen to the experts. as dr. kalish said, he s been in business 30 years doing these kinds of assessments. we ve taken it to another level. you know, larry, in 2006, californians passed jessica s law. among other things, jessica s law mandates that any person any violent predator being considered for release first must have an expert evaluation by two psychiatrists or psychologists. if that expert panel feels that the prisoner is a sexual predator with a high expectation of reoffense, it has to be sent to the district attorney so she could start civil commitment proceedings. civil commitment simply means they can maintain a dangerous person behind bars after the day of release. currently in california, the sex offender commitment program
managers are they ve set that aside. instead of using that expert panel, what they re doing is allowing one health care professional to do a paper screening or record evaluation without any kind of an in-person interview at all. larry: why, dr. all right. i got it. this has put 17,000 of these sexual predators back on the streets. larry: why, dr. kalish, are you not listened to? well, i don t know the answer to that, but in this case there were a couple places where they missed the ball. they missed the ball during the initial assessment where dr. carroll put out his very, very strong warning. and then after he had served his time, the district attorney did have an opportunity to start the civil commitment proceedings as dr. carroll kind of warned them about. and for whatever reason, they didn t take up that burden.
that aside. what they re doing is allowing one health care professal to do a paper screening or record evaluate out any kind of in-person interview at all. larry: all right. i got it. this has put 17,000 of these sexual predators back on the streets. why, dr. kalish, are you not licensed to? well, i don t know the answer to that, but in this case there were a couple places where they missed the because. they missed the ball during the initial assessment where dr. carroll put out his very strong warning, and then after he had served his time, the district attorney did have an opportunity to start the civil commitment proceedings as dr. carroll kind of warned them about. for whatever reason, they didn t