Government
Mar. 27, 2007
Sentencing Bill Would Worsen State's Prison Crisis
Forum Column - By Jeff Adachi - San Francisco's public defender isn't impressed with state Senate Bill 40, which would make it too easy for judges to increase sentences.
By Jeff Adachi
When the U.S. Supreme Court recently declared California's criminal-sentencing laws unconstitutional, it gave legislators a golden opportunity to address the state's prison crisis, which has forced the governor to send prisoners out of state and to seek $11 billion to build more prisons. Instead, the Legislature is moving quickly to pass a bill that would increase...
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