OLDEST CYA INMATE S.S.

THE OLDEST INMATE IN THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY IS ONCE AGAIN MAKING HIS BID TO BE RELEASED. 32 YEAR-OLD DONALD SCHMIDT, WHO SODOMIZED AND DROWNED A 3 YEAR-OLD GIRL IN A LOMPICO BATHTUB 16 YEARS AGO, WAS IN A SANTA CRUZ COUNTY COURTROOM YESTERDAY, AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE BACK IN COURT AUGUST 31ST. SCHMIDT IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN A HIGH-SECURITY YOUTH TREATMENT FACILITY. THIS IS HIS 4TH CHALLENGE (TO CONTINUED TREATMENT AND INCARCERATION). THE STATE CAN KEEP SCHMIDT BEHIND BARS FOR TREATMENT (IN 2 YEAR INCREMENTS), UNTIL A JURY RULES THAT HE IS NO LONGER A DANGER DUE TO HIS MENTAL ILLNESS.