Criminal
Feb. 11, 2009
Judges Order Inmate Population Slashed
The state must reduce prison overcrowding by cutting the system's population by approximately 52,000 inmates within two to three years, three federal judges tentatively ruled Monday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - The state must reduce prison overcrowding by cutting the system's population by approximately 52,000 inmates within two to three years, three federal judges tentatively ruled Monday. Judge Stephen R. Reinhardt of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Senior District Judges Lawrence K. Karlton of Sacramento and Thelton E. Henderson of San Francisco, made their ruling tentative to "give...
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