Wilson Approves Release of Kidnapper Dying From Cancer
Gov. Pete Wilson has agreed to release a dying prisoner who is serving a sentence of seven years to life for kidnapping, his office said Tuesday.
The Republican governor granted clemency to John Frazier, 57, who held three people hostage in Marin County in 1980.
Frazier has kidney cancer and is “unlikely to survive more than a few weeks at best,” according to a medical report cited by the governor in his decision.
The inmate is being cared for in a San Diego hospital.
Frazier’s two sisters said they want to move him to Texas to care for him in his final days, Wilson said. One of the sisters is a nurse.
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