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Why is California Thumbing its Nose at a Federal Court?
Loaded on May 5, 2016
by Caleb Mason
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2016, page 30
Filed under:
Gang Policies,
Good Time,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
California.
The Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution provides that the government can’t retroactively increase the penalty for criminal conduct. It applies not just to initial sentence length but also to potential “good-time credit” prisoners can earn to reduce their sentences.
In California, prior to 2010, prisoners in the general ...
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