California Governor Gavin Newsom has reversed a parole board’s decision to release a woman convicted of murdering a Bakersfield teenager in 2004.
The California Board of Parole Hearings granted release to Maricruz Galaviz on April 17, but Newsom overturned that decision on Wednesday.
Galaviz was convicted for the murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia in Bakersfield. Court records indicate that Galaviz and others killed Zubia by beating her, burning her with cigarettes, and choking her by placing a plastic bag down her throat that was covered with insect repellent…