- The Associated Press
Published 11:43 am PDT Thursday, August 28, 2008
Fresno County’s sheriff plans to release 800 of the 2,200 inmates awaiting trial in an effort to trim $3 million from her department’s budget.
Sheriff Margaret Mims says the releases are necessary because the department needs to lay off 20 guards and close two floors of [...]
Thursday, August 21, 2008 (AP)
Court rules governor wrongly denied killer parole
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer
(08-21) 18:33 PDT San Francisco, CA (AP) –
A divided state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was wrong to deny parole to a murderer who was a model prisoner during the more than 23 years she [...]