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Debate and drama continues in California over prison and sentencing reform

By Douglas A. Berman

This article from the San Jose Mercury News, headlined "California prison plan stalls in Assembly; new plan to be considered Monday," provides the latest news on the state and fate of prison and sentencing reforms being considering in California.  Here are the basics from the start of the article: After an acrimonious debate over whether dangerous criminals would be released to the streets before their sentences expire, the state Senate narrowly agreed Thursday to make sweeping changes to the correctional system to relieve severe overcrowding in state prisons. Hours later, the Assembly balked. Speaker Karen Bass said she plans to strip the most controversial provisions that would have trimmed the state's prison population by 27,000 inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).