Criminal
Apr. 3, 2020
Panel considers demand to release thousands of state prisoners
Eight state prisoners have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, the plaintiffs said in their argument for release of 45,000.
Does the Eighth Amendment demand prisoners be given the opportunity to maintain six feet of social distancing? And how could that be done with thousands of inmates sleeping less than three feet from each other?
These were among the questions at issue during a chaotic, contentious federal court hearing by telephone Thursday between prisoners’ counsel and the state of California. The sides argued to a three-judge panel convened in C
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