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| Crowding could impact jail time for Jackson's doc |
| By cnbc.com - AP |
| Published: 11/09/2011 |
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LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's doctor is guaranteed to spend the next three weeks in jail awaiting sentencing for the pop star's death. But the amount of time Dr. Conrad Murray serves after that could be shortened because of the overcrowded prison system in California. A recently enacted realignment plan diverts nonviolent offenders such as Murray from state prisons to county jails to save money and reduce the state prison population to obey a federal court order. However, law enforcement authorities have said nonviolent offenders could be released earlier to make room for more serious offenders in county lockups. Jail overcrowding led to Lindsay Lohan walking out of county jail Monday after spending less than five hours of a 30-day sentence behind bars for a probation violation. Read More. |
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