KGO-TV, July 23, 2009 by Cecilia Vega
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=6930588
UC Berkeley law professor and criminologist Jonathan Simon says the fears are unfounded, just the phrase “early release” has become a political lightening rod. “Release is getting to be one of those words, sort of like taxes, where you have to invent new words to describe what you’re doing because they’ve become so politicized,” said Simon.