In re Saepharn
On the morning of January 31, 1985, 19-year-old Lowlin Saepharn stabbed his 15-year-old, pregnant girlfriend in the chest, causing her death and that of her unborn child. Saepharn pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree murder with a weapon use enhancement and was sentenced to an indeterminate term in state prison of 16 years to life. On April 30, 2008, the Board of Parole Hearings (Board) conducted a sixth parole consideration hearing and found Saepharn unsuitable for parole.
Saepharn filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the superior court, which was denied on December 8, 2008. On January 26, 2009, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. We issued an order to show cause to John Marshall, Warden of California Mens Colony--East (Warden) in order to review the Boards decision. The Warden filed a return to our order to show cause, and Saepharn filed a traverse.
On July 21, 2009, the Board disapproved its April 30, 2008, decision and ordered a rehearing of Saepharns sixth parole suitability hearing. Shortly thereafter, the Warden moved to dismiss the petition as moot. Saepharn filed opposition.
court conclude that, because the best Saepharn could hope for on his petition would be a rehearing by the Board, and the Board has already ordered a rehearing, the matter is moot.Court therefore dismiss the petition.
Comments on In re Saepharn
This man should not be out of prison and yet he is. He was and always will be a psychopath. He was also a domestic violence abuser. Not only did he abuse my older sister and later on murdered her and her unborn child in cold blood, he has hit me a few times as well.
Why he is out, I have no clue but the justice systems sucks and they should have deported him.