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Guards' Raises Could Be Higher Than Expected
The state may have to find $210 million more in the next two years. Records show officials understated costs in testimony and analysis.
(LA Times, 3/4/04)

Corcoran Guards Mute in Probe of Inmate Death
(LA Times, 3/5/04)

Doubt Cast on Guards' Contract
State lawmakers' attorneys say the union's long-term pay deal is unconstitutional
(LA Times, 3/5/04)

Speier: Negotiator was pressured
She looks into background of prison-guard contract whose cost has skyrocketed
(San Jose Mercury, 3/5/04)

Prison guards open to cutting pay
Lawmakers pressure union to renegotiate big raises this year
(SF Chronicle, 3/5/04)

Three-Strikes Law Has Little Effect, Study Says
(LA Times, 3/5/04)

Dan Walters: Ten years hasn't dimmed passions raised by 'three strikes'
(Sacramento Bee, 3/5/04)

Poll finds continuing death-penalty support
(Sacramento Bee, 3/5/04)

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