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	Three strikes law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three strikes laws are a category of statutes enacted by state governments in the United States, beginning in the 1990s, to mandate long periods of imprisonment for persons convicted of a felony on three (or more) separate occasions.
		The exact application of the three-strikes laws varies considerably from state to state.
		If by killing a witness to a crime, a criminal may reduce his or her chances of being apprehended, then under a three-strikes law he or she has no incentive not to commit the murder (though the death penalty might apply in some cases).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Three_strikes_law (1015 words)

	Three Strikes - Judge James Ardaiz
		Without question, Three Strikes is a tough sentencing law but the penal code is full of laws that have tough sentences.
		That answer lies in the rationale behind the formulation of the law and an explanation of its history.
		The answer depends on both what the objective was for the law and the reasons for it.
	www.threestrikes.org /ja_pg1.html (182 words)

	P.O.V. - The Legacy: Murder & Media, Politics & Prison PBS
		The California law requires that when a person is convicted of three felonies, he or she must serve a mandatory fixed sentence of 25 years to life usually without parole.
		For example, in Washington state, all of the strikes must fall under specific violent crimes that are defined by the law.
		Laws written by legislatures at the federal and state level that determine crimes that are punishable by incarceration, fines or other penalties.
	www.pbs.org /pov/pov1999/thelegacy/glossary.html (1896 words)

	Has three-strikes law made state's streets safer? / After 10 years on the books, opinion is divided on if it works
		Unlike most laws, it owes its existence almost entirely to two grisly crimes: the 1992 murder of 18-year-old Kimber Reynolds of Fresno, whose father became the driving force for the law; and the October 1993 Klaas murder, which made three strikes an irresistible force in the Legislature and at the ballot box.
		But the law's opponents say the crime rates mean little because crime in California started declining in late 1991, continued downward at the same pace after three strikes took effect, and has increased each year since 1999.
		For example, in San Francisco, where prosecutors enforce three strikes less often than in any other urban county, the crime rate declined more than three times as much in the mid-1990s as in Sacramento County, where the law was used 12 times as often.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/28/STRIKES.TMP (1098 words)

	Vagaries of our 'three strikes' law
		Commit "three strikes," and you'd be assured a 25-years-to-life sentence, the law promised.
		WHEN CALIFORNIANS approved a tough "three strikes" law in 1994-- by far the harshest in the nation -- it was billed as a no-questions-asked law that would permanently remove violent or serious offenders from our midst.
		They point out that, as in San Francisco, they have also set up committee to review each case and that in at least half of the cases that they review, they choose not to prosecute under the "three strikes" law.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/a/2004/08/22/EDGIJ7OQV81.DTL&type=printable (806 words)

	Three Strikes Law
		Routing all the cases through the same judges should help contain the three-strikes law's effect on the court system.
		The law's centerpiece is what's popularly known as "the big bitch": Anyone convicted of a felony who has two prior sequential felony convictions for which they've served prison time faces a mandatory minimum of 25 years.
		If the law is enforced to the letter, the Department of Corrections has predicted that California will need 19 more prisons by the end of the decade to accommodate a 60 percent increase in the inmate population, from the current 130,000 to 210,000.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~aex1000/3strikes.html (5785 words)

	Pacific News Service > News > Decade-Old Three Strikes Law Still Striking Out
		Instead of the three years such petty thievery would have previously netted him, California’s newly enacted “Three Strikes” law, combined with Andrade’s prior record, sent him to prison for 25 years to life.
		Each person sentenced to life under Three Strikes will cost the state a minimum of $600,000, if he stays healthy while in prison and is released at his absolute minimum eligibility.
		Those imprisoned under Three Strikes thus far will end up costing Californians an additional $8 billion by the time their sentences are finished.
	news.pacificnews.org /news/view_article.html?article_id=8e27e88d48ccbdea8989f2e38552f798 (785 words)

	Cost of 'three strikes' law
		IT HAS been 10 years since California voters approved the "three strikes'' law in an effort to get tough on crime, propelled in part by the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas of Petaluma by parolee Richard Allen Davis.
		One in four prisoners -- 42,000 inmates -- are serving life terms under the three-strikes law.
		The law was supposed to sweep career criminals off the street by mandating sentences of 25 years to life, without possibility of parole, for anyone with two ''strikes'' -- serious or violent felony convictions -- convicted of any new felony.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/03/05/EDGHR5DO0C1.DTL (378 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Special reports Human rights, US style
		That task involves changing one of the most controversial statutes in the US, the three strikes law, so the people now serving prison sentences of 25 years to life for offences including stealing four cookies, and possession of $10 worth of drugs will be able to return to their lives.
		At this meeting of the South Central chapter of Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (Facts) there are mothers and fathers and girlfriends and wives of other prisoners who face dying in prison for offences which in other parts of the world might not even merit a fine.
		Those campaigning to change the law are now pinning their hopes on Jackie Goldberg, a Democratic state assemblywoman who is introducing a bill to limit the heaviest application of the law to criminals convicted of violent or serious crimes.
	www.guardian.co.uk /bush/story/0,7369,639795,00.html (1653 words)

	The "Three Strikes" Law -
		We understand that the three strikes law is an attempt to crack down on repeat offenders, and the notion is a noble one, but the nigh infinitely broad spectrum of crime isn't something that can be treated with a standard singular punishment.
		In our opinion, the three strikes law is too general to be fair in the modern judicial system.
		The article tells of Leandro Andrade, a man thrice convicted of shoplifting videotapes, who was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years--the same sentence for first-degree murder--because of the "three strikes" law in the state of California.
	www.worldandi.com /specialreport/2003/may/Sa23037.htm (306 words)

	Three strikes law in danger
		Prior to three strikes, California's justice system was the laughing stock of the nation, notorious for the revolving door policy implemented in the seventies in attempt to rehabilitate offenders.
		Hayden said this week he his concerned that three strikes legislation is doing nothing but putting people in prison for 25 years to life on drug and petty offenses such as "stealing a pizza".
		Please call your state Senator and Assembly person and ask that they reject Senator Tom Hayden's attempt to dismantle three strikes legislation.
	www.gunnewsdaily.com /three.htm (892 words)

	Proposition 66 (Nov. 2004)
		A "three strikes" timeline that looks at the history of the law in California and other states with "three strikes" provisions.
		Whether there is a relationship between the "Three-Strikes" law and California's ballooning prison costs and inmate population is a hotly contested issue.
		Critics of the law also note that the majority of persons imprisoned under the law are second strikers who have committed non-violent felonies such as property crime and drug offences, and that the system has led to excessive incarceration rates.
	www.igs.berkeley.edu /library/htThreeStrikesProp66.htm (2327 words)

	Darleen's Place: California Prop 66 - gutting the 3 Strikes Law
		Posted by: jen at April 18, 2005 03:45 PM The three strikes law is unprodutive because it isn't effective in lowering the rate of crime, it is extremely expensive, and it specifically targets minorities.
		Also, since you want to bring up who is funding what, who do you think is funding the measure against the three strikes law and what do you think their reasoning is. Now as for the the three strikes amendment being retroactive to 1994.
		The impetus behind the 3 Strikes Law was the infamous kidnapping and murder of Polly Klaas by career criminal Richard Allen Davis.
	www.darleenclick.com /weblog/archives/2004/10/california_prop.html (7358 words)

	Essay: Three Strikes Law
		Summary: This paper examines the background and effectiveness of the three-strikes laws.
		These laws are aimed at reducing the crime rate, but rather than aim for a general level of deterrence (i.e.
		reducing the total number of crimes) these laws are aimed more at individual deterrence (i.e.
	www.essays-now.com /show_report.php?r_id=3586 (55 words)

	Three-Strikes Law Report
		Drawing upon her extensive original research, Dr. Walsh debunks many myths surrounding the law, explaining, for example, that most offenders sentenced under the law committed serious offenses as their third strikes and that the law does not result in lengthy sentences for all eligible three-time recidivists.
		She is an expert reviewer for the NSF Law and Social Sciences Program, and has presented research on California’s Three-Strikes Law at national conferences for both the American Political Science Association and the American Society of Criminology.
		Walsh has examined California’s Three-Strikes Law extensively, especially the impact of prosecutorial and judicial discretion on its implementation.
	www.calstatela.edu /univ/ppa/newsrel/3strikesreport.htm (467 words)

	Limitations on "Three Strikes" Law
		Specifically, the "Three Strikes" Law requires that a person who is convicted of a felony and who has been previously convicted of one or more violent or serious felonies be sentenced to state prison.
		California is the only state with a "Three Strikes" Law that doesn't require that the third felony conviction is a violent or serious one in order to trigger the harshest sentence—25 years to life.
		Californians intended the "Three Strikes" Law to target murderers, rapists, and kidnappers, not some of the kinds of nonviolent, non-serious offenders who have been caught up in the tough provisions of the law.
	www.cacatholic.org /h/bg/bg41001prop66.html (409 words)

	Three Strikes Law Source
		An effort to amend California's Three Strikes law, to fix what some see as flaws in the procedure that sends a person convicted of three felonies to prison for a minimum of 25 years, was...
		Three strikes laws are a category of statutes...
		California voters will get a chance November 2 to modify the state's Three Strikes law -- the toughest in the nation -- to make the law more fair for those whose third conviction is a...
	www.onlinejournalismawards.org /legal/three-strikes-law.html (340 words)

	The Three Strikes and You're Out Law
		Because the Three Strikes law is so significant, we believe that a systematic, statewide monitoring effort is essential to ensure that the measure is implemented consistent with the intent of the Legislature and the voters.
		The Three Strikes law significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of felonies who have been previously convicted of a violent or serious felony, and limits the ability of these offenders to receive a punishment other than a prison sentence.
		Because offenders charged under the Three Strikes law face significant prison sentences, most counties set bail for second-strike offenders at twice the usual bail amount and refuse bail for third-strike offenders.
	www.lao.ca.gov /analysis_1995/3strikes.html (2293 words)

	USATODAY.com - Three strikes law set for review
		WASHINGTON &; The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether California's "three strikes" law can be used against small-time criminals, in the cases of a shoplifter sentenced to 50 years for taking $153 in videotapes and a man who got 25 years for stealing golf clubs.
		In the California cases, lower courts divided over whether the state's law is constitutional when applied to petty crooks.
		It permits life sentences to be given when the "third strike" is a non-violent or minor offense.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2002/04/01/2002-04-01-scotus-three-strikes.htm (514 words)

	RAND California's New Three-Strikes Law: Benefits, Costs, and Alternatives
		Put forward under the slogan “three strikes and you’re out,” these laws generally prescribe that felons found guilty of a third serious crime be locked up for 25 years to life.
		The intent of the three-strikes law is, of course, to lock up repeat offenders longer, and that requires the construction and operation of more prisons.
		Furthermore, the law doubles sentences for a second strike, requires that these extended sentences be served in prison (rather than in jail or on probation), and limits “good time” earned during prison to 20 percent of the sentence given (rather than 50 percent, as under the previous law).
	www.rand.org /pubs/research_briefs/RB4009/index1.html (1643 words)

	Three Strikes Golfing - Life in prison without parole for stealing three Callaway clubs. By Dahlia Lithwick
		Scalia wonders whether the whole point of a three-strikes law is to "take off the streets that small proportion of people who commit the vast proportion of all crimes." He can't recall the numbers but says that about 20 percent of the criminals commit 80 percent of all crimes.
		It becomes increasingly clear that both the Eighth Amendment law of disproportionality and the test for what it is are not clear, although Chemerinsky struggles to make it sound as though this were an easy, bright-line test and why can't the court just see it.
		His prior strikes are for a robbery conviction and several burglary convictions.
	www.slate.com /?id=2073553 (1528 words)

	Florida OKs Three-Strikes Malpractice Law
		The three-strikes law is just one salvo in a fierce battle between doctors and trial lawyers that is playing out across the country and in Congress.
		Lester Brickman, a professor of legal ethics at the Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University in New York, said the lawyers "trumped the doctors" with the three-strikes amendment, because lawyers will rush to sue in hopes doctors will settle to avoid a "strike" on their record.
		The law is backed by doctors' foremost antagonists _ lawyers _ and the ramifications could be huge.
	www.body1.com /News/index.cfm/2/12131 (766 words)

	What About Three-Strikes-and-You're-Out for Corporate Criminals?
		Passing the Corporate Three Strikes law would demonstrate that California is willing to get tough on crime in the suites, not just crime in the streets.
		For companies incorporated in other states, three strikes means that they will lose their right to transact business in California.
		On March 5, the Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the law by a 5-to-4 vote.
	www.commondreams.org /views03/0307-02.htm (962 words)

	CNN.com - Testing the three-strikes law - Nov. 4, 2002
		Sensing that voters were on the verge of getting ahead of them with a ballot initiative, they passed the now famous "three strikes" statute, which doubles the penalty for second-time offenders committing a serious or violent crime and mandates 25 years to life for any third felony.
		The law swept in on a wave of public outrage after Polly Klaas, 12, a girl from Petaluma, California, was murdered by a parolee in 1993.
		Although the law was touted as a way to prevent violence, fewer than half of either second- or third-strikers are serving time for crimes against people.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/04/timep.court.tm (985 words)

	Three Strikes - Index Page
		California's Three Strikes sentencing law has not overflowed the state's prisons.
		"California's Three Strikes sentencing law has even helped bring down crime throughout the United States." Link to this article.
		"'Three Strikes' was implemented before a chorus of nay sayers and critics, but now after four years of historic reductions in crime, their complaints are becoming increasingly drowned out by the undeniable reality that Californians are the safest they have been in the past 30 years." Dan Lungren, former California State Attorney General.
	www.threestrikes.org (687 words)

	'Three strikes' law: Is it too-cruel punishment? csmonitor.com
		Now, though, the three- strikes law faces what may be its biggest test since voters approved it seven years ago.
		While the ruling by a panel of three judges did not invalidate the California law, the case may yet wind its way up to the US Supreme Court and make other judges more reluctant to hand down sentences that may later be appealed.
		The law was passed after the high-profile murder of Polly Klaas, a Petaluma, Calif., girl who was abducted and murdered by a convicted child molester.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/1108/p1s3-usju.html (1022 words)

	Woman protests three-strikes law
		She has recently become a member of Families to Amend California's Three Strikes, an organization fighting to amend the law to only apply to violent crimes.
		Linda rivers has protested the three strikes law for six days in front of the Victorville Courthouse, along with her two daughters and granddaughter
		The people subject to the three-strikes law are in all types of criminal behavior, Stout said.
	www.vvdailypress.com /2001-2003/102922474753444.html (466 words)

	The California Criminal Law Observer: The Three "Strikes and You're Out" Law
		The California Criminal Law Observer: The Three "Strikes and You're Out" Law
		In 1994 California voters approved a ballot initiative known as "Three Strikes and You're Out." Basically what it means is that people who are convicted of thr ee felonies may end up facing life in prison.
		Proposition 184), then there is there the actual statute that was passed (California P enal Code Section 667 (b) through (i)), and then there are three other code sections that identify the types of violations that count as "strikes" against you.
	www.silicon-valley.com /3strikes.html (211 words)

	Critics Want 'Three Strikes' Law Loosened
		The liberals hate the three-strikes law so they're trying to drive a big loophole through it.
		That there are too many such laws and that a prosecutor can pick his victim and then find the law to nail him is well known.
		Anyone who has been convicted of three serious felonies is a waste of oxygen and should be put to death.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1088797/posts (1263 words)

	Judge Refuses to Follow "Three Strikes" Law
		Although the law states that judges must double the sentence for two-time offenders, Antolini sentenced Missamore to a year in county jail and three years probation.
		A California judge decided not to sentence a 32-year-old prisoner caught with two marijuana cigarettes under the new "three strikes" sentencing guidelines (Ron Sonenshine, "Judge Defies '3 Strikes' Mandate," San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 12, 1994, p.
		Sonoma County Superior Court Judge Lawrence Antolini said that to sentence Jeffrey Dean Missamore to up to eight years in state prison would have been cruel and unusual punishment.
	www.ndsn.org /sepoct94/3strikes.html (209 words)

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