Posted on 12/11/2010 1:22:54 PM PST by Newtoidaho
San Francisco (AP) Nearly 15 years after sentencing, an inmate is getting an unexpected chance at freedom - and the judge a shot at redemption.
Students at San Francisco's novel Three Strikes Project, which has successfully overturned 14 life prison terms handed down for non-violent crimes under California's unforgiving sentencing law, are joined by an unusual coalition in their latest bid.
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The lawyers love keeping the criminals out on the streets. The more crimes they commit, the quicker the shysters can get rich after they graduate.
Let’s make sure these criminals stay in the houses of these “enlightened” students...you know, to prove they are just “misunderstood souls”.
I would prefer a ‘multiplier’ las
Your sentence equals the normal sentence guidleline times the number of convictions you have
This would eleiminate going to jail for life for somethng minor
Very clever. I would vote for you if you ran for judge.
Three strikes has worked in reducing California's crime rate. These punks in law school are too young to remember what it was like before three strikes and career criminals sneered at society as they terrorized it. But the punks are determined to find out what it is like — probably confident that they will live lifestyles sufficiently privileged as to be insulated from the mayhem in the streets which will result from their misguided meddling.
Yeah...but life for non-violent crimes is a bit much. The multiplier idea makes sense to me.
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