U.S. Supreme Court
Jul. 25, 2013
Inmates claim state can't appeal prison population reduction order to high court
Inmates' attorneys have deployed a new argument in their fight to force the state to reduce its prison population, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court lacks proper jurisdiction to hear state officials' appeal.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Inmates' attorneys have deployed a new argument in their longtime fight to force state officials to reduce the population of California's overcrowded prisons.
In a reply brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, attorneys for the incarcerated opposed the state's recent request that the justices freeze a federal court order requiring the reduction of more than 9,000 prisoners. State officials are h...
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