Man Who Set Son on Fire Dodges Life Term in California
A man who became notorious for serving only 6½ years for setting his son on fire two decades ago will not be sentenced to life in prison on a handgun charge.
AP Photo/San Francisco Police Department via San Francisco Chronicle
This June 15, 2001 photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Charles Rothenberg, now known as Charley Charles. Charles, who served time for setting his son on fire two decades ago, will not be sentenced to life in prison on a handgun charge after a judge ruled Thursday, April 28, 2005, that one of his previous convictions should not count under California's tough three-strikes law.
This June 15, 2001 photo provided by the San Francisco Police Department shows Charles Rothenberg, now known as Charley Charles. Charles, who served time for setting his son on fire two decades ago, will not be sentenced to life in prison on a handgun charge after a judge ruled Thursday, April 28, 2005, that one of his previous convictions should not count under California's tough three-strikes law.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A man who became notorious for serving only 6
