U. S. Supreme Court Orders California To Release 38,000 To 46,000 Prisoners Because Of "Needless Suffering And Death" From Overcrowding.

The case is BROWN, GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, ET AL. v.PLATA ET AL., No. 09–1233. Click on the case name to read the 5 to 4 decision.

The majority were the Court's Liberal members, and they were joined by the swing voter and Moderate member, Justice Antonin Kennedy, who authored the opinion.