California jury says castrated sex offender no longer sexually violent, should be released
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A California jury has concluded that a castrated sex offender is no longer a sexually violent predator and is eligible for release from a mental hospital.
Lawyers involved in the case say the Orange County jury in Santa Ana reached its decision Friday.
Deputy Public Defender Holly Galloway adds that 53-year-old Kevin Reilly could be released as early as Friday.
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She says Reilly spent time in prison for sex offenses committed in the 1980s and 1990s. He has been confined to a state mental hospital since 2000.
Galloway says Reilly had himself surgically castrated in 2003 to help control his pedophilia and completed a treatment program for sex offenders in 2010.
Prosecutors opposed his release.