[Teacher317]

3 clubs = 3 strikes? Or were there two other crimes that we aren't getting?

[mvpel]

Under California law, prior convictions can transform even minor misdemeanors, such as shoplifting two video tapes or a golf club, into a felony, and the "three strikes" law doesn't distinguish between violent and non-violent felonies.

I guess that's what happens when you use a baseball-derived catch-phrase to set public policy, instead of logic and reason.

[Grampa Dave]

The ACLU lawyers never tell us about the first two or in some cases even more than two crimes.

They try to make the guy look like he was feeding his starving family by stealing a frozen pizza to feed them.