1. Three Strikes
Some people still see California as a state for the laid-back, people who sat in movies or television, surf, tan, and otherwise live a life of pleasure. 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. This is the so-called "three strikes law- which mandates that anyone arrested and convicted of a third crime is to be literally "put away- for twenty-five years to life. While the initial intentions were good, the law now removes from the judges any ability to make their own decisions,...
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