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The state of california tried to solve its own prison overcrowding by passing a bill called ab 109, backed by the governor jerry brown. it called for a realignment of where criminals serve time, low-level offenders and especially parole violators would no longer come to state prisons. they would instead go to county jails but in san jakeem county, they are in order to control the overcrowding. according to the sheriff, the state dumped its problem on the county, and the county is now dumping cri...

Same, come in, spend a night, come out. >> come in, spend the night, cop out. >> reporter: in stockton, california, this convicted sex offender has no real incentive to follow any rules of his parole, which is why parole supervisor susan cane is trying to sound the alarm and speaking out against the states wishes saying she believes the public is not safe. she says shes speaking out for herself personality and not the department of corrections. >> in all my years of law enforcement, over 30 year...

And dominique is live in los angeles with the details. >> not many people are comfortable with this in california, and the state got less than five months to reduce the prison population by the 10,000. californias governor, jerry brown, repeatedly warned that more releases could set more felons free, and then the court refused to grant the states reprieve based on the progress being made on prison overcrowding, and the ones that we have left in state prisons here are the most severe and most vie...

California prisoners will be released early because of prison overcrowding there. the supreme court is refusing to delay the appeal from governor jerry brown. dom nick has the latest on the situation. >> it most certainly is. it is five months to reduce the prison population by 10,000 despite repeated warnings from jerry brown that releasing further inmates moans setting dangerous felons free. in a ruling by anthony kennedy. they refused to grant the state a reprieve. low risk prisoners are in c...

Problems and prison overcrowding. >> bill: they dont want to pay for the predators, thats nice, thats nice. >> i think the d.a.s some of whom, he was right the other night, are not necessarily in favor of jessicas law dont like to be handcuffed to minimum sentences. >> bill: they want to slow it down. >> harder to get a plea. >> bill: i agree with all of that. there we go, colorado. there we go. okay. thats the truth and its wrong. jes jesus, jesus jeans. >> lets talk jesus. >> bill: jesus would...

There is potential for harsh sentences, but theyre not nearly as opposed to jessicas law as the denver post would have them believe. >> bill: lets get down to the nitty on this. why dont these liberal democrats in the legislature want jessicas law. >> there are several reasons, i think the defense bar, criminal defense bar is powerful. >> bill: the attorneys dont want it. >> defense tones dont want it number one. and i think, number two theyre having financial problems and prison overcrowding. >...

It is a virtual place where groups of people come together. and group of -- and groups of people suck. it is all the way up to a red sox yankees game. the only thing is between those jerks, sometimes they can hide behind their name. groups of people are terrible. jay i know -- >> i know one person who is is terrible. >> swree to take a break. coming up, what is the solution to prison overcrowding? remi spencer discusses her book "keep murderers on the street where they belong." i think a lot of ...

How did that work out for oscar pistorius? i am not sure that worked out too well. mr. biden in virginia, not far from where you live in washington, a young man thought he had burglars coming in his house and he fired the shot gun through the door. the burglars got away and the young man was arrested for the violation of misuse of a fire arm. that is twice telling people to go use a shot gun. once telling your wife to pop a few . both cases you have encouraged people to commit felonies that. wil...

How did that work out for oscar pistorius? i am not sure that worked out too well. mr. biden in virginia, not far from where you live in washington, a young man thought he had burglars coming in his house and he fired the shot gun through the door. the burglars got away and the young man was arrested for the violation of misuse of a fire arm. that is twice telling people to go use a shot gun. once telling your wife to pop a few . both cases you have encouraged people to commit felonies that. wil...

Down there. but if you are an american in mexico, you better watch yourself. but i dont want to say too much now until he gets out of there. but theres no reason for the mexican authorities to do it again. they have prison overcrowding down there, its insane that they are incarcerating someone for that. we all knew in the mexican government knew. megyn: guesstimate originally they had him in a part of the prison that was the worst of the worst of the drug cartels, and that picture we have on scr...