The majority agreed with all the assertions of the lower court, including that the state could not remedy the situation by building new prisons.
I wonder how many of these inmates should be deported back to Mexico? If they did that, CA would fix their problem and let Mexico (not) deal with it.
Does anyone think we could use this as a plausible reason for CCW?
I cannot find anywhere in the decision a consideration of the safety of the public, except in the dissenting opinions by Scalia and Alito.
If I lived in CA, I would be arming myself and taking gun courses as quickly as possible. The number of thugs released under this program could be enormous, and will make the whole country more dangerous.
It is interesting that the majority opinion paints a picture of the conditions in the prisons which unintentionally illustrates the ferocity of these inmates, thousand of whom are to be released.
This imperils the whole nation. These dirtbags are mobile. We know that there is little likelihood that the people of Kalefornia will ever understand what just happened.
Send them all to Hollywood. There is some fine pickens there.
You can bet all those drug offenders serving federal mandatory minimums for possession charges won’t be released. They will release the rapist and murderers first.
How come convicted criminals have MORE rights than the general population/law-abiding citizens? Do the rights of citizens to be protected FROM these criminals not trump the so-called “rights” of convicts to have a comfortable and non-crwoded living environment????
Would this be a target-rich environment the SCOTUS is creating for the law-abiding armed citizen?
If there were no weapons...only drugs and/or money...let them out.
Keep all violent criminals in.
Leave a gate open while the worst of the worst are out on the yard, and note their records “shot dead in escape attempt”. Repeat as necessary.