What reality provides, however, is a far different state: one with some of the most severe penalties for criminal activities, sometimes no matter how slight. ... "Pubic outrage at the gruesome murders of Kimber Reynolds in Fresno in 1992 and Polly Klaas in Petaluna in 1993, each by released felons with long rap sheets, fueled passage of California's' three-strikes and you're out' law in 1994- (TIMES 1). ... However, the fact that this law, and others which followed up on specifying how the three strikes mandated sentences would be prosecuted, are now under review as possib...

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on ...

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