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Constitutional Law

Dec. 16, 2008

District Attorney Decries Prisoner Release Plan

Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco testified Friday in federal court in San Francisco that a proposal to reduce the state's prison population by 52,000 inmates would have a negative impact on the public safety and criminal justice system in his county.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco testified Friday in federal court in San Francisco that a proposal to reduce the state's prison population by 52,000 inmates would have a negative impact on the public safety and criminal justice system in his county.

Pacheco's second-in-command in Riverside, Assistant District Attorney William Mitchell, called his boss to the stand in a non-...

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