[Longbow1969]

It’s clearly a bad decision, but California could just build more prisons which would solve the problem. Unfortunately, now the Supreme Court has set a precedent and courts all over the nation will now be in the business of determining what “overcrowding” is instead of the voters. This will spark a flurry of lawsuits since many prison systems are overcrowded. The choice at this point for states is either build more prisons or let more criminals go.

[WOBBLY BOB]

As another poster said somewhere else on FR, this is the left’s way to get back at 3 strikes laws and circumvent voters again.

It’s a self-fullfilling prophecy. Underfund prisons, then complain about overcrowding so you can let the felons out.

Next will be a (harder)push by CA leftists to allow felons to vote.

[newzjunkey]

Back in 2007, Arnold & the Legislature passed AB900 which was aimed at solving overcrowding by, among other things, adding 40,000 new beds via prison construction. The federal courts, however, no other solution was good enough EXCEPT releasing prisoners.

Unfortunately, now the Supreme Court has set a precedent and courts all over the nation will now be in the business of determining what “overcrowding” is instead of the voters. This will spark a flurry of lawsuits since many prison systems are overcrowded.

And each of those lawsuits will lower the bar further and further on what constitutes "overcrowding" just like they've made it harder and harder to execute prisoners by finding new ways to call methods of execution "cruel and unusual."