On January 3rd 2019 Beausoleil was granted parole
for the first time since his incarceration in the California State Prison
system June 23rd 1970. He first became eligible for parole in
September 1973 according to the California Inmate Locator website. He has had
many, many parole hearings. Governor Newsom reversed the parole board’s grant
of parole.
Bobby next came up for a parole hearing June 11, 2020, that
hearing was continued until the following month, July 1, 2020, at which time he
was denied parole for three years. On July 19 2021 he petitioned for an advance
on his next hearing. That petition was denied. Court documents were filed on
Bobby’s behalf regarding advancing the next parole hearing date and the court
found in Bobby’s favor. He had a parole suitability hearing January 28, 2022
and was again denied for three years.
February 8, 2022 and March 23, 2022 Bobby again filed for an
advance on his next parole hearing. He was denied. September 23, 2023, he
applied again for an advance and it was rejected. Another court action was filed
and on October 2, 2024 the parole board was ordered to conduct a new hearing.
According to CieloDrive.com Beausoleil had successfully petitioned
the Superior Court to vacate the 2020 and 2022 parole hearings. Vacating a
parole hearing means, in this case, that the denials have been set aside. There
are three reasons why the Bureau of Parole Hearings (BPH) would vacate a parole
hearing decision.
*The BPH may vacate a decision if it finds that there was a
prejudicial error.
*The BPH may vacate a decision if new evidence of innocence
has been discovered.
*The BPH may vacate a decision if the defendant was
convicted based on race, ethnicity, or national origin.
In this instance the BPH was ordered by the court to vacate
the two hearings so I’m assuming that at least one of those three reasons is
why the 2020 and 2022 were vacated. My money is on the first reason.
So, we arrive at January 7, 2025 and the new hearing found
that Beausoleil is suitable for parole for the second time.
Bobby's parole hearing transcripts
It takes 30 days for the transcripts to become available so the 2025 transcript hasn't been posted yet.
