Proposed CA bill aims to triple punishment for people convicted of child torture

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In October of 2023, a couple was convicted of charges related to torture and attempted murder of their six-week-old child after the child was found with “more fractures in his newborn body than days he had been alive,” according to a prosecutor in the case.

Jorge Millan, the father of the child who had squeezed the child and caused the fractures, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The mother, Elizabeth Jara, was sentenced to nine years in prison for not doing anything to protect the boy, 17 News previously reported.

By the time Millan becomes eligible for parole in 15 years, the six-week-old boy and his sister, who was one year old at the time, will both still be minors…

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