California - Parole Recommended in 1976 Kidnapping

The state parole board on Tuesday granted parole in 2021 for Richard A. Schonefeld, who with his brother and another man was convicted of hijacking a Chowchilla school bus and holding 26 children and their driver underground. A board spokesman said that any governor in the next 10 years could ask the board to reconsider its decision. The hostage-taking and escape of the captives grabbed the nation's attention in 1976.