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Article: Editorial: Time for California to draft reasonable prison plan
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- Oakland Tribune
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- September 25, 2009
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CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS are playing a reckless and irresponsible
game of chicken with the federal courts concerning its broken-down,
unconstitutional prison system. It should stop immediately.
The last time we heard from the federal court system concerning
California prisons came from the top, the U.S. Supreme Court just a
few weeks ago. California had hoped to convince the high court to
overturn a ruling by a federal three-judge panel ordering the state
to release 40,000 prisoners over two years because of severe
overcrowding. The state lost that appeal and was ordered by last
Friday to fashion a plan for compliance.
The state did, but obviously Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the
Department of ...