LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - A gay man convicted of killing a high school classmate who had revealed his homosexuality is expected to be released Saturday after years of being rejected for parole, his attorney said.Robert Rosenkrantz, 39, is serving 17 years to life in a San Luis Obispo County penitentiary.
Department of Corrections spokesman Tip Kindel said Rosenkrantz was scheduled to be released sometime between Friday and Monday. Rosenkrantz's lawyer, Marc E. Grossman, said he understood it would be Saturday.
Rosenkrantz of Calabasas was imprisoned for the 1985 slaying of his boyhood friend, Steven Redman. The 17-year-old was shot 10 times after revealing Rosenkrantz was gay.
Rosenkrantz testified during his trial that he intended to shoot up Redman's car, but killed his friend when he used an anti-gay slur.
Although Rosenkrantz was told he would be eligible for parole after serving nine years in prison if he was a model prisoner, he was denied release several times.
Superior Court Judge David Wesley ruled earlier this year that Rosenkrantz's rights had been violated, finding that continuing parole rejections had turned his sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole into a sentence without that possibility.
On Thursday, the state Supreme Court declined to review an appeal by the California attorney general's office, paving the way for Rosenkrantz's release.
from Mercury News
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