Criminal
Aug. 19, 2009
Reform at What Cost?
The prison panel's order to release 40,000 California inmates is a stunning example of judicial overreach, writes David A. DeGroot.
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By David A. DeGroot A federal judicial panel's order to release 40,000 California inmates in the next two years deserves more public attention. California prison health care is in a poor condition caused by bureaucratic incompetence and poor policy. Yet the solution reached by three veteran federal judges is a stunning example of judicial overreach. The 184-page decision issued by Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Thelton Henderson an...
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