Government
Jul. 17, 2013
Former governors rally to halt court-ordered prisoner release
Four former California governors have allied themselves with Gov. Jerry Brown in his quest to stay a recent federal court order demanding the reduction of roughly 9,600 inmates from state prisons.
By Hamed Aleaziz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Four former California governors have allied themselves with Gov. Jerry Brown in his quest to stay a recent federal court order demanding the reduction of roughly 9,600 inmates from state prisons.
In an amicus brief filed Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court, former Govs. George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson, Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger requested the justices put the release order on ice until it can be evaluated by the hi...
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