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Public Safety

RBG’s Galvan Argues Before California Supreme Court That Residency Restrictions are Harmful to Public Safety

November 4, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

U. S. Supreme Court Denies California’s Application to Stay Prison Overcrowding Order

September 11, 2009
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

Michael Bien On Public Safety Benefits Of Prison Overcrowding Remedy

August 11, 2009
Posted in Constitutional & Civil Rights Law Tagged Public Safety

Federal Court Finds That Prison Overcrowding Harms Public Safety; Orders State to Come Forward With a Crowding Reduction Plan

August 4, 2009
Posted in Class Actions, Commercial Litigation Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

California to Revise Rule That Harmed Public Safety By Forcing Parolees To Be Homeless

June 29, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

Reaction to Schwarzenegger Rejection of Prison Health Compromise Plan

June 25, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

Court Upholds Due Process Rights of Adult Parolees

March 26, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

Prison Reform and Public Safety

February 13, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

Michael Bien on KQED Forum

February 11, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

Ernest Galvan on KALW Crosscurrents

February 2, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Constitutional Rights, Public Safety

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