[NormsRevenge]

Apparently, quite a few of our elected officials who spent like drunken saliors the last few years, forgot that public safety and law enforcement are top prioritites and seem to have been neglected in lieu of feathering nests and brokerage houses.

It almost seems criminal... I guess considering both dem state leaders have been under investigation for any number of allegations.. we shouldn't be surprised.

[NormsRevenge]

“You rip people off, and prison is no longer an option. That’s not good public policy,” objected Vacaville Police Chief Richard Word, president of the California Police Chiefs Association.

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What a country!

[Mr. Jeeves]

The message will get very strongly to the criminal community that, except for a crime of violence, you have nothing to fear."

They've already got that message loud and clear, so this is just a minor change to the status quo.

[rabidralph]

It already got Michelle Rodriguez (actress: SWAT, Lost, Blue Crush) out of prison early.

[microgood]

Corrections experts said the state's prison problem has been building for three decades, as lawmakers and voters added more than 1,000 felony sentencing laws.

The more rules you have, the more crimes you have to make for not obeying the rules.

[jeddavis]

Time to end the war on drugs.

[calcowgirl]

Schwarzenegger is asking state lawmakers to approve releasing   nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex offenders   from prison if they have less than 20 months remaining on their sentences.

What kind of "nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex offenders" are sentenced to more than 20 months in prison? If the offense was "non-serious," why are they in prison at all? Somehow, I think that phrase (nonviolent, non-serious, non-sex) is inaccurate.

[calcowgirl]

"I already believe the prisons are too big to manage," Tilton said. [James Tilton, secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation]

So this guy admits he can't do his job? Fire him!

[RSmithOpt]

Not to mention not one suggestion in the article addressing the cutting of wasteful spending and associated programs at all levels in the Cal. state government. Just turn the prisoners loose....common sense at its best?