A man given life without parole for the home invasion rape, kidnap and shot-to-the-head execution of an Oakland woman has walked out of prison after being paroled at a hearing held thanks to a resentencing masterminded by former Alameda D.A. Pamela Price. https://t.co/TsUQ4f7fNs pic.twitter.com/idv4h83ojG
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A man given life without parole for the home invasion rape, kidnap and shot-to-the-head execution of a young Oakland woman has walked out of prison after being paroled at a hearing held thanks to a resentencing masterminded by since-ousted Alameda D.A. Pamela Price.
Sterling Jones, 69, and his accomplice Neil Jones, unrelated, were convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and rape in the aftermath of the July 1980 crime.
The depraved pair broke into the home of 22-year-old hairdresser Charlotte Turner and her husband in the early hours of July 20 1980. They took turns to rape Turner and forced her to perform sex acts while holding her husband at bay with a gun.
They then drove their victims to a deserted road near Oakland Airport where Turner was shot in the head. Her husband survived, with a gunshot wound, after a misfire foiled an attempted coup de grâce.
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