USA TODAY: A divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that California must proceed with the release of nearly 10,000 prisoners from its overcrowded prison system…
The high court had ruled in May 2011 that conditions in the state’s prisons violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment…
The case dates back several years to a federal court panel’s decision that required the state to shed about 30,000 prisoners. Even that reduction would have left 110,000 people in state prisons, still 37% above capacity… (more)
