6 results for "Michael Montgomery"
Prosecutors' opposition could limit release of third-strike inmates
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 9:00 PMState inmates serving life terms are starting to file resentencing petitions with local judges following the passage of Proposition 36, the ballot measure that overhauls California's controversial three strikes law. But opposition from local...
Fewer prison inmates eligible for transfer to county jails
Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 9:00 PMAs California struggles to meet a court-ordered reduction of its prison population, newly released figures show corrections officials overstated the number of low-level offenders eligible to be diverted to local jurisdictions as part of Gov. Jer...
Advocacy groups wary of new plan for prison isolation units
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 9:00 PMState corrections officials are moving forward with a plan for handling prison gangs and other violent groups, including changing rules that have kept some inmates locked in special isolation units for decades.
New book discounts theory of marijuana as top US cash crop
Monday, August 13, 2012 at 9:00 PMFor years, legalization advocates have argued that marijuana is America's leading cash crop, outranking corn, wheat, soy and a host of other heartland staples produced on an industrial scale.
Calif. to begin bringing back inmates in out-of-state prisons
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 9:00 PMWith severe overcrowding easing in state lockups, California is winding down a controversial deal with the nation's biggest private prison operator and will bring thousands of inmates housed in facilities as far away as Mississippi back to C...
Finances of prominent California pot club revealed in documents
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 9:00 PMAt the peak of California's pot boom in 2009, one of the state's largest medical marijuana dispensaries recorded more than $15 million in sales to thousands of customers for popular strains like Grand Daddy Purple, OG Kush and Blue Dream...
