Three Strikes Laws

7 OECD Countries with the Highest Incarceration Rates: US and Israel Top List!

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 09.28.2011

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Howard Steven Friedman

As the U.S. continues loading its jails and looking for new places to build larger prisons, we should be asking more questions. Why does the U.S. need so many more prisoners than other countries?

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Waiting To Die: A Tale Of Modern American Justice

Luke Whyte | Posted 07.23.2011

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Luke Whyte

This is a love story about a quadriplegic woman named Sarah and a heroin addict named Rick grappling with the consequences of conviction under California's Three Strikes Law.

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Homeless Man Sentenced To 25 Years For Stealing Food Ordered Released From Prison

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — After 13 years behind bars for trying to break in to a church kitchen to find something to eat, a man who became an example of the har...

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WATCH: Gregory Taylor Released From Prison After Serving 13 Years For Food Theft

AP/HuffPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES (AP); A homeless man is free after spending 13 years behind bars for trying to steal food from a Los Angeles church kitchen. Gregory Tayl...

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Should There Be Judicial Nullification?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

If Kagan or any other nominee said that she would enforce the law if she agreed with it, the nomination would end in a blink. But should a judge be allowed to circumvent a law that's otherwise constitutional?

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They Walk Among Us

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Phillip Garrido, Sara Jane Moore, Criminal Justice System, Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, Three-Strikes-Laws, Justice Department, Squeaky Fromme, Politics News
Geri Spieler

Timing is everything when you are convicted of murder. Sentencing is all about timing. Guidelines change, and so do prison sentences.

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Three Strikes and You're in

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Brauchli

Now would be a good time for legislators to revisit the policies that may or may not have reduced crime in the country but have undeniably increased the prison population to intolerable levels.

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Number Of Inmates Serving Life Terms Hits Record High

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Thompson, an inmate at the California Institution for Women here, was convicted of two felonies for a robbery spree in which she threatened victi...

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