Please describe the current three (3) strikes law in California. Also, give any solutions you feel would correct the problems that are now occuring. Please attach a bibliography.
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Three Strikes Yet No Balls
When you think of life-sentences for criminals, what type of offense comes to mind? Crimes that would do the greatest harm to society or ones that would warrant a life sentence, like murder, rape, arson, or other serious or violent offenses? This is what California legislators had in mind when they created California's Three Strikes, You're Out, Law. Instituted in 1994, the law was established to rid our streets of multiple …
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…amp;gt;. <Tab/> <Tab/>Lockyer, Bill "Crime and Delinquency in California." Division of California Justice Information Services. 2001. <Tab/> <Tab/>Longshore, Douglas "Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act." University of California Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California. 23 Sep 2004. <Tab/> Schwarzenegger, Arnold "Governer's Budget Summary." State of California. <Tab/>Sacramento, Calif. 2004.
…amp;gt;. <Tab/> <Tab/>Lockyer, Bill "Crime and Delinquency in California." Division of California Justice Information Services. 2001. <Tab/> <Tab/>Longshore, Douglas "Evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act." University of California Los Angeles. Los Angeles, California. 23 Sep 2004. <Tab/> Schwarzenegger, Arnold "Governer's Budget Summary." State of California. <Tab/>Sacramento, Calif. 2004.
