California launches plan to cut prison population
As cost-saving measures, the number of parole violators returned behind bars will be cut and low-risk offenders will not be regularly supervised by a parole agent.
"It is not going to compromise public safety," Schwarzenegger said in a Sacramento speech.
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Lily Burk's Alleged Killer Charged with New Felony Counts at Preliminary Hearing
Low-risk offender Charlie Samuel, with previous convictions for petty theft and robbery, is now on trial for Lily Burk's murder.
The State of California which has up until now proved themselves incompetent at balancing the budget are now looking forward to proving themselves incompetent at protecting the public from criminals.
Since trials can be lengthy and expensive, many prosecutors accept plea bargains to get convictions and clear the dockets. For example, if a man is accused of attempted murder, he may plea bargain down to harassment or some other crime with jail time. What it also means, is that this potential murderer, on paper, looks like a low-risk offender.
On the other hand, if you believe the claptrap nonsense that gets spouted whenever a politician opens his mouth, then there really are low-risk offenders in prison. What would real low-risk offenders be? Jaywalkers? Prostitutes? Marijuana smokers? ??? If so, then the State of California has been wasting millions if not billions of dollars putting people in prison who are not a threat to the citizens.
No matter how you look at it, the State of California is incompetent and incapable of doing the right thing. Which means the crime rate will go up, and your life will be in danger when these criminals are released in the streets of our cities.
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