Convicted child murderer, Herbert Brown, III, who now goes by the name, Allie Brown, has been granted early parole by the State Parole Board, a move strenuously opposed by the District Attorney and his victim’s surviving family.
The decision granting early parole of a Paso Robles convicted child murderer, has the SLO County District Attorney up in arms.
D.A. Dan Dow’s Office announced April 24 that it condemns the California Parole Board decision granting parole to “convicted murderer Herbert Brown III after killing his 22-month-old daughter Lily in 2013.” The Parole Board’s decision was announced April 22.
“Brown,” the news release said, “entered a plea of no contest in 2015 to the brutal beating murder in 2013 of his 22-month-old daughter Lily. Brown was sentenced to serve 15-years to life in State Prison and has only served 12 years to date.”
On Feb. 18, 2013, the D.A. said, Brown called 9-1-1 “to report that Lily stopped breathing. Lily had suffered multiple injuries, the most serious of which was a fractured skull consistent with striking with great force against a hard object.” She died the next day and Brown was arrested soon after.
The latest salvo comes after the Parole Board’s decision in October 2024 to grant Brown early parole. The D.A. and Lily’s surviving family members strenuously objected to that decision at the time.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsome referred the Parole Board’s decision back to them for review. “The parole board,” Dow said, “reviewed their previous decision earlier this week and affirmed the initial early grant of parole for Brown.”
This is apparently another case of voters’ remorse. “In 2016,” the news release said, “Proposition 57 claimed to only allow non-violent prisoners to be released early from prison. However, this was a misrepresentation because Proposition 57 authorized the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to award violent offenders additional credits towards serving their indeterminate sentence.
“This means that even those inmates sentenced for violent offenses, like murder of a child, are eligible to be released much earlier than under the law that was in effect prior to the passage of Proposition 57.”
The D.A. was not happy with the news. “It is shameful for the Parole Board to grant Herbert David Brown III early release from prison,” said D.A. Dow said. “Mr. Brown was convicted of murdering his own 22-month young daughter Lily due to abuse he inflicted upon her while he was using and under the influence of methamphetamine.
“Brown, who now identifies as a woman and goes by the name ‘Allie Brown,’ was sentenced to serve 15-years-to-life and should have served every day of the 15 years before being considered for possible parole. I ask the Board of Parole Hearings: ‘Where is the justice for Baby Lily?’”
Brown’s actual release date, when he will again walk free, has not been set.
