Anyone who has committed 2 felonies knows about the three strikes law and should keep their hands off other people's property, that said this story, and others like it, is a phony, there is more to these cases them a simple misdemeanor charge sending someone to life without parole.
Not necessarily. Lots of prosecutors will amp up the charges, if they can get away with it because it looks good on their resume.
Zimmerman would be an example of this. He was charged with second-degree murder on what should have been no worse than a negligent homicide case.
The judge’s role is to only find the defendant guilty or not guilty, not decide if what he is being charged with is disproportionate to the crime.