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Supreme Court: California Must End Prison Crowding

05/23/2011 11:28 am 1 comment

Source: CNN

The Supreme Court has affirmed a federal order against California to reduce its overflowing prison population, a situation the majority said “falls below the standard of decency.”

The 5-4 ruling from the justices came in a classic battle over state versus federal authority, focusing on whether U.S courts can step in and essentially run state prisons when officials have repeatedly violated basic constitutional guarantees afforded inmates.

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