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Redemption and rehabilitation San Francisco Chronicle: Editorial January 18, 2008 Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty for minors as cruel and unusual punishment, citing medical and social-science evidence that teens lack the maturity to be held accountable to the same...
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Editorial: Early release of prisoners has to be considered Prison costs are a big part of fiscal crisis; controlling them is part of the solution Published 12:00 am PST Thursday, December 27, 2007 Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B6 Print | E-Mail | Comments (6)| Digg it | del.icio.us With...
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As the Prison Budget Goes, So Goes the Budget Deficit By: Brian Leubitz Wed Dec 26, 2007 at 10:13:43 AM PST And both are skyrocketing. That we are unable to control our prison spending will lead to just one more in a laundry list of budget disasters in the coming years, but nothing in our budget has...
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2008 looms as year of reckoning on California's prison crowding By: DON THOMPSON - Associated Press SACRAMENTO -- The crisis-fueled momentum that produced a nearly $8 billion prison-spending plan earlier this year has lost some of its steam, leaving the state vulnerable to federal judges ordering...