February 18, 2010
CA Atty Gen issues legal opinion on Gov’s early release program
Riverside and San Bernardino counties have dropped their 3-week-old policy of applying retroactively a new jail-time reduction law. The interpretation had resulted in the early release of 805 inmates between the two counties.
Officials in both counties said they would not attempt to recall any of those released, citing the handful of remaining days in most cases, and the cost.
The turnabout came Tuesday after a bulletin from state Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office said the law, which took effect Jan. 25, should only be applied to those sentenced after that date…
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