Page 18 - Prison Overcrowding News Today

Warheads. why not 500? do we need to blow up the world or -- >> i like that question. >> i would take my question to local politics in los angeles the major of los angeles is on, and going back to the conversation of incarceration and drugs. because of the prison overcrowding in california, california has gone through what they call realignment, which means they are letting people out, and the counties are responsible for taking care of their prisoners. people thought realignment would bring abo...

Drug offenses, typically minor drug offenses, and now the sort of comeuppance of all of this is that conrad murray, who will now potentially, potentially, get no prison time here. but may potentially, if he does do any time, do it in county jail because of prison overcrowding in california! hold on one second, mark. go ahead, toure. >> i want to touch on a different aspect of what i just saw, a rather disgusting part of the celebrity courtroom circus that we see. these people cheering? what are ...

even thinking about that. >> jack hanna talking about what he says is the saddest day of his life. hear more from him later tonight about those animals, the animals that never should have been kept where they were and whose lives never had had to end the way they did. you will hear as well from the local sheriff whose deputies became reluctant hunters in the name of public safety. er are live on the scene later this evening. we begin however tonight keeping them honest, holding the p...

what he says is the saddest day of his life. well hear more from him later tonight about those animals. the animals that never should have been kept, where they were, and whose lives never had to end the way they did. youll hear as well from the local sheriff whose deputies became reluctant hunters in the name of public safety. were live on the scene later this evening. we begin however tonight keeping them honest, holding the people who want to be president to their word. >> you won...

dead in an ohio farmland, including 18 bengal tigers. >> i wont sleep for a long time even thinking about that. >> jack hanna talking about what he says is the saddest day of his life. later tonight, about those animals. the animals that never should have been kept, where they were, and whose lives never had to live the way they did. sheriff deputies became reluctant hunters in the name of public safety. >> we begin tonight, keeping them honest. holding the people who want to be presid...

>> did you catch leno thursday night? >> yeah, right. >> he did this one joke. check it out. >> bad news for the state of california. supreme court decision will force the state to released 46,000 convicts because of prison overcrowding. but the good news? the oakland raiders will have more season ticket holders. the stadium will be packed. >> ?oot -- not bad? >> it sounded familiar to me. i was wracking my brain. i heard something just like it a couple days earlier like say late tuesday night o...

Said daw very much. after three years, almost 50% are rearrested because that is what is causing prison overcrowding. you need to look at successful models in the country where i used to work, the brooklyn d.a.s office has programs that drastically reduces the amount of people that are going back to prison. >> i had a solution but it was based on a movie. >> it is about people. >> chris, what am i missing here? isnt this nuts? >> it is insanity. this is liberal priorities. liberals care about th...

Alabama. once in a 20, 30-year period. now a month later. >> appreciate your update. a supreme court ruling today gives california judges five years to release up to 46,000 inmates from state prisons. the decision on overcrowding and medical conditions closed with the dissenting judges calling it "the most radical injunction in u.s. history." bringing in nbc justice correspondent pete williams. break it down. a 5-4 vote here. what were the factors that made justice kennedy specifically and the...

Parole board, its over for you? >> even if -- even if we thought that was just thing to do, and i would argue that it isnt necessarily, because i think that everyone should be judged as an individual and not as a member of a class, even if the class that they belong to is convicted felon. even if it was a just thing to do, were not capable of doing it because of the problem of prison overcrowding. look at whats going on in california. theyve been having a prolonged court battle because the priso...

If they want to interfere with our operation, they are going to jail if they violate the law. >> we appreciate your direct discussion. maricopa county sheriff. thanks so much. sorry about that tongue twister. >> she completed 20 days and began serving time after a judge found her in violation of probation. she is expected to be released early because of prison overcrowding. she will have 24-hours to check into a 90-day rehab program. >> people are always searching for the fountain of youth, a wa...