>>>>3 strikes - you're dead.
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>>>California's "3 strikes and you're out" law is a good example of something that sounds good at the time but winds up having lots of unintended consequences. Remember the infamous case of a guy who received a mandatory life sentence for stealing some VHS tapes from a department store? I'm not saying that is the typical case -- some of these guys really should be locked up for the rest of their life -- but it illustrates the pitfalls of rigid sentencing laws.
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>>Perhaps he shouldn't have stolen the VHS tapes and committed the other 2 crimes?
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>No doubt he shouldn't, but I can't conceive of a situation in which a petty theft in and of itself deserves a life sentence. Can you?
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>Tamar

I'm not big on having criminals roam the streets. If they can't figure out the difference between right an wrong after several runs through the court system, bye bye.