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Reforming Our Prisons in 2008: Can California Get Rational Sentencing

The outcry over Governor Schwarzenegger's proposal last week to release 22,000 prisoners as part of a budget deficit reduction plan has drawn some predictable responses - mostly expressions of horror and fear mongering ala Willie Horton about criminals coming to your neighborhood. It came as a shock to Assembly Republicans - and taking a look at what the Governor had to say repeatedly last year about prisoner releases, this is actually very understandable…

LINK - CaliforniaProgressReport.com