Criminal
Feb. 5, 2009
Judge Panel Considers its Role in Prison Litigation
The three federal judges overseeing litigation involving California's overcrowded prisons cannot mandate a reduction in the inmate population unless the order will solve all constitutional problems in the delivery of mental and medical healthcare to inmates, an attorney for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger argued Tuesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - The three federal judges overseeing litigation involving California's overcrowded prisons cannot mandate a reduction in the inmate population unless the order will solve all constitutional problems in the delivery of mental and medical healthcare to inmates, an attorney for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger argued Tuesday. The argument didn't go over very well - one of the panel judges, Senior D...
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