To the surprise of no one, the three-judge panel in the Plata case denied a stay of their order for California to release another 10,000 prisoners. Sam Stanton and David Siders have this story for the SacBee. The panel is comprised of three of the most pro-criminal, anti-law-enforcement judges in the entire federal judiciary.
The releases that followed the passage of the "realignment" program, beginning in October 2011, have been followed by substantial increases in crime in California at a time when crime rates nationally are nearly flat. See this post and this report.
Gov. Brown intends to seek a stay from the Supreme Court. The request goes to Justice Kennedy, as the designated circuit justice for the Ninth Circuit, which includes California and eight other western states.
In a case of this magnitude, he might refer the request to the full court for decision. That is routinely done in capital cases, and this case is a matter of life and death to a great many people. We don't know the names of the additional people who will be murdered if the order is enforced, but they are real nonetheless.
The releases that followed the passage of the "realignment" program, beginning in October 2011, have been followed by substantial increases in crime in California at a time when crime rates nationally are nearly flat. See this post and this report.
Gov. Brown intends to seek a stay from the Supreme Court. The request goes to Justice Kennedy, as the designated circuit justice for the Ninth Circuit, which includes California and eight other western states.
In a case of this magnitude, he might refer the request to the full court for decision. That is routinely done in capital cases, and this case is a matter of life and death to a great many people. We don't know the names of the additional people who will be murdered if the order is enforced, but they are real nonetheless.
"We don't know the names of the additional people who will be murdered if the order is enforced, but they are real nonetheless."
The Supreme Court allowed this three-judge panel to exist, even though it was brought about by stretching the law, and then the Supreme Court affirmed the work of this panel.
There is already blood on the hands of SCOTUS and Barack Obama as well. Kagan's and Sotomayor's votes on this nonsense were entirely foreseeable.