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| Judges threaten Gov. Jerry Brown with contempt of court |
| By latimes.com - Chris Megerian |
| Published: 04/12/2013 |
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SACRAMENTO — A panel of federal judges Thursday threatened to hold Gov. Jerry Brown and other state officials in contempt of court if they do not quickly produce a plan to remove thousands of convicts from California's packed prisons. In a blistering 71-page ruling, the jurists rejected Brown's bid to end restrictions they imposed on crowding in the lockups. The state cannot maintain inmate numbers that violate orders intended to eliminate dangerous conditions behind bars, they said. Brown and other officials "will not be allowed to continue to violate the requirements of the Constitution of the United States," the judges wrote. Read More. |
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