Brown must reduce California prison population, judges rule

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Brown must reduce California prison population, judges rule

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/brown-must-reduce-california-prison-population-judges-rule-202606088.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RCloUbvYCMPNGg3kwU76Ag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-12T202606Z_1_CBRE93B1KS400_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Jerry Brown is interviewed at the 7th Annual California Hall of Fame induction ceremony at The California Museum in Sacramento, California" align="left" title="Jerry Brown is interviewed at the 7th Annual California Hall of Fame induction ceremony at The California Museum in Sacramento, California" border="0" /></a>By Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A panel of three federal judges has roundly rejected California Governor Jerry Brown's contention that his state's prisons are no longer overcrowded, and ordered the state to continue to reduce its inmate population. The judges, in an opinion issued on Thursday, denied the state's request to be released from a court-imposed cap that limits California's ability to hold more than roughly a third more prisoners than its facilities were built to house. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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