Proof of the death of basic reporter skills in modern J-school grads. From Ass.Press: California counties are confounding the state’s court-ordered efforts to sharply reduce its inmate population by sending state prisons far more convicts than anticipated, including a record number of second-strikers. The surge in offenders requiring state prison sentences is undermining Gov. Jerry Brown’s 3-year-old realignment law that restructured California’s criminal justice system to keep lower-level felons out
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February 28, 2014
California Democrats refuse to oust criminal state senators [Darleen Click]
Multiple-felony conviction? Federal corruption charges? Pffffft! Why, just put ’em on paid leave of absence so we can keep our dictatorial powers. Democratic lawmakers in California deflected a Republican resolution on Thursday calling for the expulsion of a state senator who was convicted of eight felonies, a move Republicans say was aimed at preserving Democrats’ two-thirds majority. Democratic State Senator Roderick Wright, who represents parts of Los Angeles and the
September 28, 2013
“You got a license for that paint brush?” [Darleen Click]
In the meantime, California’s real crime rates are doubling due to Gov. Moonbeam’s “Prison Realignment” scam (state prisoners kicked to county jails & supervision). And that’s prior to the 10,000 state prisoners who have to be released by the end of this year. Doomed.