... crimes are committed by teenagers, which proves that the law before Proposition 21 didn't have the potential to prevent this progress, while the current law has both the rehabilitating component and the deterrent factor leading to a fair justice system. The development of the human brain is a dreadful factor in the issue of the punishment of juvenile crime. An opponent of Proposition 21, Kate Fogle, in her article named ... sure they realize, if they are not retarded, that they are getting the punishment they deserved for their deeds. When the case is so serious that the question of lif...

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... lives, families, and neighborhoods. Punishment helps prevent crime. Punishment steer the behavior of the criminals. Punishment must be immediate, consistent and tied to a specific behavior. Corporal punishment is imposing of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime for the purpose of deferring future crime. Corporal punishments should be allowed in the crimes such as drugs offences, rape and attempted rape, kidnapping, firearms offences, attempted murder, causing grievous injury, child ... ago California had about 20,000 prisoners and 12 prisons. Today, we have 33 pris...

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... years to life in prison. Is his sentence justified? When Californians enacted a Three Strikes law in 1994, they never intended to lock up someone who steals pizza or cake (real life situations) for 25 years to life. The objective of the Three Strikes Law was represented as an effort to put potential murderers, rapists, and hard-core violent criminals in prison for a ... Angeles and Sacramento counties, where prosecutors applied the law broadly to all felonies. I propose a bill to reorganize the Three Strikes Law in California, making the punishment fit the crime. The bill will be tough ...

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