According to Stanford's Criminal Defense Clinic, "Over 4,000 inmates in California are serving life sentences under the Three Strikes law for committing non-violent crimes."
This article first appeared at CAIVN:
In a recent San Francisco Chronicle article, Peter Mandel, a second-year law student, relates the story of Mark, who has been serving 14 years for shoplifting. As Mandel explains, "Had this been [Mark's] first crime, his maximum penalty would have been $1,000 and six months in jail.
Instead, because Mark had committed two burglaries a dozen years earlier, when he was 19 years old, he may be in prison for life." This hardly seems fair to Mark, or like an efficient use of scarce state resources.
Because of California's Three Strikes law, the judge was able to classify Mark's petty theft as a felony instead of a misdemeanor, and sentence him to life imprisonment.
Because of California's moratorium on the death penalty, Mark's life sentence is the harshest possible criminal penalty he can face. In other words, he's serving the same sentence that a serial killer would serve in the state of California.
Read the whole article here.
So basically, if one has already committed two crimes, they would get the same punishment for shoplifting, rape, or murder. I suspect the politicians haven't though about what the obvious consequences of that are...
As you rightly say, because of California's Three Strikes law, the judge was able to classify Mark's petty theft as a felony instead of a misdemeanor, and sentence him to life imprisonment. As I said at portable generators, there must be better ways to use money rather than locking someone up like this.
I suspect the politicians haven't though about what the obvious consequences of that are
This is exactly what we've been discussing on askinglawyers. It seems very unthought out and irresponsible. I mean every crime needs to be looked at in detail and a punishment must be set specifically for that specific crime. I think it's disgusting that someone with no violent history could be held for a life sentence with murderers based on this law.
If you underwent a third person convicted of a criminal record more than once, that person becomes the law of life imprisonment regardless of the crime, the first time learned to read this article. And helping to prevent re-offending are buying, however, wanted to have a problem with the balance of crime and punishment.キャバクラ派遣
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It's nice to see that a law like this finally end. Freedom and justice it's the most important thing! Volvo
Wow, this is really rude. There is a big difference between 6 months and life-long sentence. I can't understand how a government can't see these bad laws and do something.
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