LA child molester who spent 17 years in state hospital awaiting trial won't be released — at least for now
LOS ANGELES - A child molester was expected to walk free this week, after a Los Angeles County judge ruled last month that repeated delays in bringing the man's case to trial had violated his constitutional rights.
But at the last minute, prosecutors made a plea to a state appeals court to keep George Vasquez from returning to the community. He's probably dangerous, they said, and should remain confined in a maximum-security state mental hospital.
During a hearing
