BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- In October of 2023, a couple was convicted of charges related to torture and attempted murder of their six-week-old child after the child was found with “more fractures in his newborn body than days he had been alive,” according to a prosecutor in the case. Jorge Millan, the father of the child who had squeezed the child and caused the fractures, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. The mother, Elizabeth Jara, was sentenced to nine years in prison for not doing anything to protect the boy, 17 News previously reported. By the time Millan becomes eligible for parole in 15 years, the six-week-old boy and his sister, who was one year old at the time, will both still be minors. A newly proposed legislation in California hopes to prevent similar situations like this. Wasco parents sentenced for horrific abuse of baby The Assembly Public Safety Committee unanimously approved legislation that would triple the penalty against people convicted of child torture, according to a release by Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains. According to the release, Bains pushed Assembly Bill 1094, legislation that would increase one’s minimum sentence to 25 years with the possibility of life in prison, if convicted of child torture. The bill says the person convicted of torture would not be eligible for parole until they have served 25 years in prison if the victim was younger than 14 at the time of the crime. The current law in California allows those convicted of child torture to become eligible for parole after just seven years, the release said. Bains said some victims have to prepare for their torturer’s parole hearing while they are still kids. “The trauma they have to endure is lifelong, and the penalties must reflect the gravity of the crime,” Bains said in the release. Never miss a story: Make KGET.com your homepage In a letter showing support for the legislation, the California District Attorneys Association said the increased penalty for child torture “would better align the punishment with the severity of the crime and the moral gravity of targeting the most defenseless members of society.” Bains said in the release she has firsthand experience treating the physical and psychological abuse as well as torture that children in Kern County suffered. The existing law is failing the victims of child torture, according to Bains. “Torture can take decades to recover from, and in some cases, victims never fully recover,” Bains said in the release. “It is appalling that our current law punishes what is considered a war crime so lightly.” Assembly Bill 1094 will now move forward to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for consideration in the coming weeks. ...read more read less