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Verdicts

Nov. 27, 2006

Political Battle Over Sentencing

SACRAMENTO - Assembly Republican Whip Todd Spitzer said last week that Democrats boxed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger into a corner on prison overcrowding and that the governor must choose between releasing prisoners early or reforming the state's sentencing laws.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - Assembly Republican Whip Todd Spitzer said last week that Democrats boxed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger into a corner on prison overcrowding and that the governor must choose between releasing prisoners early or reforming the state's sentencing laws.
      Republican lawmakers stand firmly opposed to sentencing reform and bel...

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