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- Title
Reforming California Sentencing Practice and Policy: Are We There Yet?
- Authors
Vitiello, Michael
- Abstract
The article reports on "The Long Overdue Reform of California's Sentencing Practice and Policy" conference held in California on November 17, 2014. Topics discussed include decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the "Brown v. Plata" case involving overuse of incarceration by California; need of reform in the state sentencing policies, and role federal judges, the legislature and governor in advancing or blocking reform.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA; CRIMINAL sentencing laws; IMPRISONMENT -- Law &; legislation; CRIMINAL law; DETERMINATE sentences (Criminal procedure); PRISON sentences
- Publication
McGeorge Law Review, 2014, Vol 46, Issue 4, p685
- ISSN
1520-9245
- Publication type
Proceeding