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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Oct. 25, 2007

Schwarzenegger Vetoes Show Political Fealty, Threaten the Innocent

Forum Column - By Gerald F. Uelmen - The governor's decision to reject a trio of bills intended to cut down on wrongful incarcerations is a disservice to the citizens of California.

FORUM COLUMN

By Gerald F. Uelmen

      When John Van de Kamp asked me to serve as executive director of the newly formed California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice, at first I thought I was being invited to direct a funeral. As a veteran of the trench warfare that gave us Proposition 8 and Proposition 115, I knew how hard it would be to forge any sort of consensus about what we need to do to fix our criminal justice...

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