One of three men convicted in the Chowchilla bus kidnapping is getting out of jail.
James Schoenfeld was granted parole by a parole board just minutes ago. He, his brother, Richard, and a friend, Fred Woods, were convicted of kidnapping 26 school students and their bus driver in 1976. The men buried their victims alive in the bus inside a bay area rock quarry and demanded a $ 5 million ransom.
The victims escaped. James Schoenfeld is not the first person to be granted parole. His brother, Richard, was paroled two years ago.