As of March 7, 1994 if someone commits a crime that is considered a felony and they have one previous violent conviction or a serious felony such as burglary of an unoccupied dwelling they are sentenced to twice the amount of time recommended by law. They must also serve 80% of this time without the hope of getting time off for good behavior.

You will find that the definition of “violent” and “serious” are different and are based on the current conviction prior to March 8, 2000. Violent offenses include murder, robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used, rape and other sex offenses. Serious offenses include the same offenses defined as v

a. Three times the term otherwise provided

because “crime is a young people’s game (Stolzenberg, 1).” All of the major crimes they will have committed would be

someone who deliberately broke the law. The more criminals that are put away, the better off businesses will be.

In just the first six months of this law being enact, there were more than 7,400 second- and third-strike cases filed statewide (Three, 1). At the end of November 1994, there had been more than 5,000 second- and third-strike cases filed with the courts (Three, 1). This shows that this law does put away a small percentage of the repeating criminals in California. Referring to the cases previously discussed, it is obvious that the Supreme Court may review a good portion of these cases again. Especially, with the argument that this law has led to cruel and unusual punishment on many occasions with the sentencing some criminals have received.

done at an earlier age. As seen in the two cases discussed above, at an older age the crime gets less serious.

First, by the time offenders are confined for their “third strike”, “their criminal careers” are on the decline

With all of the money we must pay for taxes already, we do not need all of these burglars serving life sentences. This law can do a lot more good if only there were a few changes done to it. Offenses like stealing a certain amount of goods should not fall under the three-strikes law.

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