Governor slams door on prison interviews
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed for a fifth time legislation that would have made it easier for news reporters to arrange interviews with prison inmates.
Schwarzenegger said the latest bill, by Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles), would “glamorize murderers” and “traumatize crime victims and their families.”
Romero disagreed. “The media have been the eyes and ears in how the system is run and the mismanagement of the system,” she said.
The state began limiting media interviews in 1971 and has toughened the regulations over the years.
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