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- Title
Does Prison Reform Bring Sentencing Reform? The Congress, the Courts, and the Structural Injunction.
- Authors
Landsberg, Brian K.
- Abstract
The article discusses the need of reform in California's sentencing practice and policies as of October 2014. Topics discussed include decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the "Brown v. Plata" case regarding California's state prison system; the U.S. Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) which validated the structural injunctions in cases attacking conditions of confinement, and California's draconian sentencing laws.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; CAPITAL punishment sentencing; BROWN v. Plata; CRIMINAL sentencing laws; IMPRISONMENT -- Law &; legislation; CRIMINAL law
- Publication
McGeorge Law Review, 2014, Vol 46, Issue 4, p749
- ISSN
1520-9245
- Publication type
Article