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Originally Posted by kane
That is simply not true. In order to get sentenced under the three strikes law at least two of the crimes you have commit must be serious felonies. Sure, if you have two serious felonies on your record and you commit a petty crime you could get your third strike, but by that time you have already spent plenty of time in jail for very serious things.
Here is the list of offenses you can get a strike for in California.
There isn't any petty there. |
Thanks to a brand-new, get-tough-on-crime state law, Wilkerson would soon be sentenced to life in prison for stealing a pair of plain white tube socks worth $2.50.
"No, sir, I was not expecting that one," he says now, laughing darkly. Because Wilkerson had two prior convictions, both dating back to 1981, the shoplifting charge counted as a third strike against him. He was sentenced to 25 years to life, meaning that his first chance for a parole hearing would be in 25 years.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws | Rolling Stone