Download or read book Unjust Sentencing and the California Three Strikes Law written by Douglas W. Kieso and published by LFB Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California Three Strikes law was passed in 1994 as a wave of "strike" laws swept the United States. California's law was unique, however, because people convicted of possession of a small amount of narcotics or who committed petty crimes like shoplifting were receiving life sentences. Kieso studies prosecutorial discretion, judicial discretion, jury discretion with a focus on the inconsistencies in California's usage of its Three Strikes law. Contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2003 decision, Ewing v. California, which upheld the law and to public perception, Kieso demonstrates that many unjust cases result from flaws in California's political system.
Download or read book Punishment and Democracy written by Franklin E. Zimring and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Getting tough on crime" has been one of the favorite rallying cries of American politicians in the last two decades, and "getting tough" on repeat offenders has been particularly popular. "Three strikes and you're out" laws, which effectively impose a 25-years-to-life sentence at the moment of a third felony conviction, have been passed in 26 states. California's version of the "three strikes" law, enacted in 1994, was broader and more severe than measures considered or passed in any other state. Punishment and Democracy is the first examination of the actual impact this law has had. Franklin Zimring, Sam Kamin, and Gordon Hawkins look at the origins of the law in California, compare it to other crackdown laws, and analyze the data collected on crime rates in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco in the year before and the two years after the law went into effect. They show that the "three strikes" law was a significant development in criminal justice policy making, not only at the state level, but also at the national level. They conclude with an examination of the trend toward populist initiatives driving penal policy. The importance of the subject and the stature of the authors make this book required reading for policy analysts, criminal justice scholars, elected officials, and indeed any American seeking to know more about "get-tough" criminal sentencing.
Download or read book Three Strikes and You re Out written by Peter W. Greenwood and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors report on the benefits and costs of California's new mandatory-sentencing law, which provides for progressively longer sentences with an increasing number of prior convictions for serious felonies. The authors find that the new law, if fully implemented, will decrease serious crime committed by adults by about 28 percent at a cost of an extra $5.5 billion a year. Alternatives that narrow the law's application result in a lower benefit but an even greater reduction in costs. The authors were also able to devise an alternative that resulted in the same crime-reduction benefit for lower cost. The authors conclude that the state budget cuts required to fund the new law will be so great that it is unlikely to be fully implemented.
Download or read book Three Strikes Laws written by Jennifer E. Walsh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1990s, policymakers in more than half the states and the federal government responded to escalating crime rates and a series of sensationalized crimes by passing laws that imposed lifetime sentences on repeat offenders. Since then, the Three Strikes and You're Out movement, which embodies the overall get tough with crime approach to criminal sentencing, has generated much controversy. Critics argue that Three Strike laws are disproportionate, costly, and inefficient. Supporters, however, argue that the laws are effective, necessary, and just. Despite the controversy, Three Strike laws are still popular more than a decade after their implementation. Attempts to reduce the scope and/or severity of Three Strike policies have failed and the laws continue to affect thousands of offenders each year. Setting the record straight, Walsh provides a clear, comprehensive overview of the movement and its consequences. Do Three Strikes laws really prevent crime? Do they cost less than releasing repeat offenders time and time again? Are they evenly and fairly applied? These questions and more are answered in these pages through a careful analysis of the costs, benefits, and results of Three Strikes legislation. Walsh analyzes the historical development of the Three Strikes movement in the context of get tough sentencing reforms and provides detail about the various Three Strikes statutes adopted across the nation, while offering an in-depth exmamination of the controversies they have produced. Amid efforts to repeal or revise such statutes, the laws still stand, and this book sheds light on the history of, rationale for, and results of one of the most controversial criminal justice movements of our time.
Download or read book Three Strikes and You re Out written by John Clark and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Strikes and You re Out written by Mike Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the events leading up to the enactment of America's toughest anti-crime law.
Download or read book California s Three Strikes Law proposition 36 written by Sendy Mondragon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Proposition 36 the policy underlying the amendment to California’s Three Strikes Law was analyzed using Gil's, 1992 Policy Analysis Framework. This framework was adapted to focus on issues relevant to mass incarceration and how it affects people of color. California’s amendment to the three-strikes law (Proposition 36) represents an advance in criminal justice law and a move towards retroactive resentencing reform. Proposition 36 allows inmates who are currently serving a life sentence under the Three Strikes Law to appeal and request a resentencing to receive a shorter sentence. The Department of Corrections compiled data that found that inmates serving a sentence under the Three Strikes Law were the less likely to commit a new crime and return to prison when compared to inmates not sentenced under three strikes. Proposition 36 gives inmates hope within the prison environment and establishes a greater sense of fairness in sentencing.
Download or read book Cruel Justice written by Joe Domanick and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the people of California overwhelmingly voted for the 1994 "three strikes" law, many had no idea what they were approving. The official ballot argument in favor of what Newsweek called "the toughest law in the nation" kept it simple: "Three strikes keeps career criminals who rape women, molest children and commit murder behind bars where they belong." What few people realized, however, was that the sweeping nature of the law would put thousands of nonviolent men and women in prison for twenty-five years to life, for crimes as minor as shoplifting $2.69 worth of AA batteries, forging a check for $94.94, or attempting to buy a macadamia nut disguised as a $5 rock of cocaine. In his riveting, well-documented book, Joe Domanick reveals the drama of the shattered lives involved with the law. Focusing on personal stories, Cruel Justice expands to tell the larger tale of how the law came into existence; how it has played out; what political, social, and economic forces lie behind it; and how the politics of crime and fear work in America. Domanick demonstrates how laws passed in haste, without deliberation, and in reaction to public hysteria can have unforeseen consequences as tragic as those they were designed to thwart. Domanick draws powerful portraits of the two innocent young girls-Kimber Reynolds and Polly Klaas-whose murders were the catalyst for the three strikes law; of the men who killed them; of the fathers who sought their revenge; and especially of the many people serving lengthy prison terms who are victims of the three strikes law itself.
Download or read book Crime and Punishment in California written by Franklin E. Zimring and published by University of California, Institute of Governmental Studies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influence of Race and Ethnicity on Sentencing Under California s Three Strikes Law written by Cheryl Zuniga and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of California s Three Strikes Law From its Enactment in 1994 to its Reform in 2012 written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2024-02-26 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject Politics - Region: USA, grade: 1,3, San Diego State University, course: Seminar Democracy in America, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the consequences of both the original TSL and its reform, focusing on the key question of to what degree the reform was able to rectify the flaws of the initial ruling. To achieve this, the first part of the paper describes the context in which the law was initially developed and enacted. Subsequently, the original application in the second and third cases is explained before outlining the alterations introduced by the Reform Act in 2012. The paper will discuss the original TSL, concentrating on four major points of criticism. First, the effectivity of the law in reducing high crime rates in CA and the accuracy of the implementation of the voters will. Furthermore, the life-changing consequences for the convicts and their families and the enormous economic costs for the state’s justice and prison system associated with the higher number of people serving lengthy prison sentences. The paper will end with a conclusion that summarizes the key points and answers the key question. The genesis and passage of California’s so-called "Three Strikes Law" (TSL) occurred against the backdrop of the highest crime rate in the state’s history. However, it was two homicides of young American girls that shocked the Californian people, sparking a public outcry and compelling lawmakers to finally take more decisive measures. The result was the enactment of California’s Three Strikes Law in 1994, which was neither the first nor the only such law but by far the strictest in the entire nation. Its enactment, marking the most significant change to the Californian criminal justice system in more than a generation, aimed to better protect the public from habitual criminals who commit violent and other serious felonies. The new law would have sentenced them to prison for 25 years to life. However, it also led to the lengthy incarceration of many non-violent second and third strikers, prompting criticism of disproportionately harsh punishment. After several unsuccessful attempts, the "Three Strikes Reform Act" (TSRA) was passed in 2012, significantly reforming the TSL by restricting its application to repeat serious and violent offenders, aligning with the original intention of Californian voters and lawmakers.
Download or read book Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 written by United States and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Strikes and You re Out the Chronicle of America s Toughest Anti Crime Law written by Mike Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the toughest sentencing law in America as chronicled by those who were intimately involved in the fight to see it enacted, and who believe in it passionately. It is the story of one family's heartbreak, of behind-the-scenes political maneuvering by consistently soft-on-crime, liberal politicians in an effort to eviscerate the law, and it's the story of the ultimate victory by the majority of Californians who, in the face of decades of citizen neglect, banded together to vote for common sense and justice. "(Three Strikes) sends a clear message to repeat criminals: Find a new line of work because we're going to start turning career criminals into career inmates." -California Governor Pete Wilson "If you've ever wondered why you feel unsafe in your own neighborhood, or wondered what you can do about it, read this book." -Larry Wieda, President, Crime Stoppers International "Mike Reynolds is living proof that, in America, all it takes is for one common man to get involved. Buy this book. Read it. Loan it to your friends." -Michael Reagan, Host of the "Michael Reagan Talk Show" "This book must become required reading, on a monthly basis, for all politicians, judges, and parole boards until all 50 states have followed where the Reynolds family has led." -Morton Feldman, Executive Vice President, National Association of Chiefs of Police "This book should be read by every citizen who is concerned about revolving-door justice." -John J. DiIulio, Jr., Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Princeton University
Download or read book Striking Out written by Mike A. Males and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Defense of Three strikes written by Ronald J. Pestritto and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Striking Out written by Vincent Schiraldi and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crime and Justice Volume 48 written by Michael Tonry and published by University of Chicago Press Journals. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Sentencing provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of efforts in the state and the federal systems to make sentencing fairer, reduce overuse of imprisonment, and help offenders live law-abiding lives. It addresses a variety of topics and themes related to sentencing and reform, including racial disparities, violence prediction, plea negotiation, case processing, federal and state guidelines, California’s historic “realignment,” and more. This volume covers what students, scholars, practitioners, and policy makers need to know about how sentencing really works, what a half century’s “reforms” have and have not accomplished, how sentencing processes can be made fairer, and how sentencing outcomes can be made more just. Its writers are among America’s leading scholarly specialists—often the leading specialist—in their fields. Clearly and accessibly written, American Sentencing is ideal for teaching use in seminars and courses on sentencing, courts, and criminal justice. Its authors’ diverse perspectives shed light on these issues, making it likely the single, most authoritative source of information on the state of sentencing in America today.
