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Criminal

Feb. 4, 2012

Constitutionality of realignment provision challenged

A provision of California's realignment plan is being challenged in court by a convicted felon who claims it strips away the constitutional rights of prisoners that have been released into local community supervision.


By Henry Meier


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A provision of California's realignment plan to divert criminals from state oversight to county monitoring is being challenged in court by a convicted felon who claims it strips away the constitutional rights of prisoners that have been released into local community supervision.


Ventura County chief deputy public defender Michael McMahon alleges in a writ of habeas corpus for Donald Prairie that a ...

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