Voters Get Their Way on Three-Strikes Law

Posted by FoM on August 27, 2001 at 10:36:09 PT By Alex Ricciardulli  Source: Los Angeles Times  The three-strikes law is dead. Sure, the statute remains on the books, but the law's original purpose--to inflexibly lock up defendants and throw away the key even if the third strike was as banal as stealing a slice of pizza or possessing a speck of cocaine--is dead as Dillinger. In 1994, California's voters enacted the "three strikes and you're out" law by an overwhelming margin, requiring sentences of 25-years-to-life in prison when a defendant committed a third felony. Then last November, they approved Proposition 36, which substitutes drug treatment for prison time for many defendants who otherwise would be eligible for life in prison under the three-strikes law. Snipped Home    Comment    Email    Register    Recent Comments    Help

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