Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : May-16-2011
..... http://www.ucrdatatool.gov. footnote 12 according to the three-judge court, california s prison population has increased by 750 percent since the mid-1970 s. juris. app. 254a. from 1970 to 2005, the nation s prison population increased by 700 percent. public safety, public spending: forecasting america s prison population 2007 2011, ..... so-called expansion plans called for cramming more prisoners into existing prisons without expanding administrative and support facilities. juris. app. 151a 152a. the former acting secretary of the california prisons explained that these plans would compound the burdens imposed on prison administrators and line staff by adding to the already ..... , was filed in 1990. coleman involves the class of seriously mentally ill persons in california prisons. over 15 years ago, in 1995, after a 39-day trial, the coleman district court found overwhelming evidence of the systematic failure to deliver necessary care to mentally ill inmates in california prisons. coleman v. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Kerala
Decided on : Nov-08-2011
..... public by weakening the authority and influence of the court of law which exits for their good. in e.m. sankaran nambodirippad v. t. narayanan nambiar-air 1970 sc 2015 a former chief minister of kerala also belonging to the same political party as that of the respondent herein made certain statements in a press conference held ..... of justice by fouling its source and stream. we accordingly, find him guilty of having committed “criminal contempt” within the meaning of sec. 2 (c) of the act. the respondent was escalatingly indulging in scandalisation by invectively making scurrilous, offensive, vicious and malicious onslaught on the higher judiciary and that too beyond condonable limits. this conduct of ..... , when needed, can reach any neck howsoever high or far away it may be. (vide paragraph 1 of arundhathi roy-in re-(2002) 3 scc 343; para 39 of in re vinay chandra mishra-(1995) 2 scc 584. justice krishna iyer was an eminent judge who had adorned this court as well as the supreme court. likewise .....
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