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"Free 40,000 California inmates? Not so fast."

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this new article in The Christian Science Monitor.  Here are some excerpts from an effective piece: Is California about to open its prison gates, freeing more than 40,000 inmates?  Earlier this week, a federal judicial panel gave the state 45 days to come up with a plan to cut its prison population in order to adequately care for its inmates. But don't expect inmates to be freed from any of California's 33 adult prisons next month.  Even if prison officials come up with a plan that both lawmakers and the federal court justices accept, the state would have two years to carry out any reduction. If the court does actually mandate a release, the state would appeal that ruling to the US Supreme Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 08, 2009 (boomark / email).