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| Budget cuts could mean no prison time |
| By San Jose Mercury News |
| Published: 01/14/2008 |
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CALIFORNIA - Car thieves, forgers, scam artists, drunken drivers and some drug dealers might never serve a day in prison—even for repeat crimes—under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposals to reduce California's inmate and parolee population, corrections department and law enforcement officials said. It's one of the many potential consequences of abruptly upending the prison system to save a projected $400 million in corrections department costs over the next 18 months. Schwarzenegger is asking state lawmakers to approve releasing nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex offenders from prison if they have less than 20 months remaining on their sentences. It's part of the plan he announced Thursday to pare a $14.5 billion state budget deficit. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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