Little Emmanuel Haro’s father never served a day in prison, despite being convicted of savagely abusing another of his children just a few years earlier — the latest shocking example of policies backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that have focused on shutting down penitentiaries and attempting to rehabilitate criminals over locking them up.

Jake Haro faced up to six years behind bars for battering his 10-week-old daughter Carolina so badly that she is now bedridden for life. But a judge let him off with probation, a work-release program and counseling in 2023.

He is now charged with murdering his son Emmanuel after he and wife Rebecca allegedly tortured the boy to death and then claimed he was kidnapped from a parking lot on Aug. 14, prosecutors say.

It’s a case that has stunned California.

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