article_snippet.sent: The state Board of Parole Hearings granted parole to 63-year-old James Schoenfeld on the 20th time it considered the possibility of releasing the California man, the Fresno Bee reported.
article_snippet.sent: Details of the decision to release 63-year-old James Schoenfeld were not immediately available.
article_snippet.sent: A state parole board granted parole for 63-year-old James Schoenfeld today, 39 years after 63-year-old James Schoenfeld kidnapped 26 children on a school bus along with the driver in the hopes of asking for $5 million ransom .
article_snippet.sent: 63-year-old James Schoenfeld is escorted by Sgt.
article_snippet.sent: Splan of the Alameda County Sheriffs organization as 63-year-old James Schoenfeld is removed from the Alameda County Jail in Oakland, California on August 4, 1976 .
article_snippet.sent: Richard Schoenfeld was paroled in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: Woods remains in prison after Richard Schoenfeld was denied parole in November 2012 and could be up for a parole hearing this fall.
highlights_snippet.sent: James Schoenfeld who kidnapped 26 children and 26 children school bus driver in Chowchilla nearly 40 years ago was granted parole on Wednesday .
  