‘I can’t believe they are going to release him like that,’ a victim says after state laws limited the sentence Christopher Michael Jackson could serve.
Victims of Christopher Michael Jackson are outraged that the so-called Snake Burglar, who admitted to stealing from dozens of Riverside County businesses, has apparently managed to slither away one more time — from a jail sentence.
“I can’t believe they are going to release him like that. Fifty-four felonies!” Lori Hajj, the co-owner of Rustic Roots Salon in Riverside and one of Jackson’s victims, said Thursday. “I don’t feel like there’s a justice system anymore.” “I think the sentence for the types of crimes he’s committed, how many crimes he’s committed, is extremely lenient. It’s ridiculous,” Meyer said. “It’s just catch and release what we are doing now? We are fishing for criminals?”
“Unfortunately, this case, although uniquely named, is not unique in California,” District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in a written statement. “It is unconscionable that a habitual offender like Christopher Jackson can steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from hard-working people, admit to it, and legally serve less time in jail than the time it will take his hundreds of victims to recoup their losses.
Police have arrested Jackson many times over the years and obtained convictions, yet he has only briefly been behind bars.
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