>>>>>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
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>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.

It sounds like you like in a world with a lot less compassion than the one I choose to live in.

Tamar