California Loses Bid to Delay Order to Release Prisoners
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California lost a bid to delay a court order to expand a program to release some prison inmates early to meet a court mandated Dec. 31 deadline to reduce the state’s prison population.
A three-judge panel, noting that litigation over conditions in the prison system began 23 years ago, denied California Governor Jerry Brown’s request to put its June 20 order on hold while he seeks review by the U.S. Supreme Court.