reporter: well, jane, the question being asked this morning, would two girls be alive today had the state done its job correctly and yanked john gardner s parole? seven times, according to state records, gardner violated parole. one, he missed a meeting with parole offers, two, he allegedly possessed marijuana, four times he was allowed his battery on gps to get so low, but the most serious violation involved jessica s law. in may of 06 the state found out gardner was living across the street from a high school, and yet it allowed him to stay there for the next 13 months. and by the time it came up for a parole board hearing, he had moved just a week earlier, and they allowed him to stay out on parole. so bottom line is, gibe, had the agency jacked his parole, gardner would have, one, been in jail, two, a mental hospital, or at least under supervision with