Three Strikes and You’re Out The “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law is a law that was passed by California Voters in 1994. What this law basically means is that people who have been convicted of three or more serious felonies or violent crimes may end up being sentenced a longer amount of time in prison or even facing life in prison. Violent offenses include murder‚ robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used‚ rape and other sex offenses. Serious offenses include the same
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Three-strikes is a Mindless Response to Crime In 1983‚ a young man named Michael was brought before a Pennsylvania court on a charge of armed robbery: he stole $50 from a taxi driver using a toy gun. A few days later he was arrested and was subsequently convicted. Although the trial judge sentenced Michael to 6 months in prison and required that he repay the $50‚ the prosecutor demanded the 5 year minimum sentence required by state law. The trial judge ruled the mandatory sentencing law unconstitutional
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the dorms is regulated ineffectively‚ the issue is rooted from RA training and then manifests to communication between RAs and students. Although OU is a dry campus freshman students still drink in the dorms without fear of being caught. The alcohol strike policy is intended to deter students from drinking on campus but the policy is hardly ever strictly enforced unless a complaint of alcohol is made by another student. Saying OU is a dry campus is a joke in itself made to sound nice. The first person
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Mr. Gundersen Government and Politics AP 29 September 2013 The Three Strikes Rule The relation of violent crimes and the idea of recidivism has always been something that has been taken into account in the legal system. As early as 1895 in the Gladstone Committee Report‚ habitual offenders have garnered attention in penology circles (Katkin 99). The idea of punishing recidivism is split among politicians‚ though‚ as many politicians who disagree argue that the result is too monetarily costly
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California residents felt at the time the “Three Strikes and you’re out Law‚” took effect in 1994. The purpose of the Three Strikes Law is to punish repeat violent crime offenders upon receiving their third conviction of any felony. Initially‚ if a person receives a serious or violent felony conviction‚ this is considered a first strike‚ subsequently‚ then the second serious or violent felony criminal charge that is received would be a second strike and the individual will serve double the time originally
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http://articles.sfgate.com/2004-03-05/opinion/17416623_1_three-strikes-law-violent-crime-third-strike The purpose of the “three strike” law against offenders was originally to help reduce the number of criminals who were running around free but what it had come down to was costing tax payers more than what they had bargained for. More than 57% of offenders in California who are placed in prison for the “three strike” law were typically arrested for nonviolent offenses such as drug violations
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social forces that create tensions and stresses which push individuals and organizations into mobilization and action supportive of change‚ thus creating the social movement. Both the Irish hunger strikes and protests over sovereignty for Quebec were directed and catalyzed by such social forces. The hunger strikes that culminated a 5 year protest by Republican prisoners was‚ as the political nature of the prisoners would have us assume‚ fuelled by clashing political ideologies and threatened national identities
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General Issues: As with most FRQs the biggest issues were typically – - lack of enough outside info - time management issues and lack of development‚ - failure to completely focus on the prompt and keeping your evidence in the context of developing a clear argument that clearly answers the question. 2006 B: For whom and to what extent was the American West a land of opportunity from 1865 to 1890? For Whom? Homesteaders via 1862 Homestead Act Farmers Miners and prospectors Loggers Buffalo
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Vocabulary -Sherman Antitrust Act -Who/What: a law that made it illegal to create monopolies or trusts that restrained free trade -When: 1890‚ United States -Historical Importance: Allowed for free trade to occur with nothing to stop it. -Sweatshops -Who/What: small workshop set up in a tenement rather than in centralized factories -When: early 1900s‚ United States -Historical Importance: They showed how horrible it was to live in bad conditions. -Knights of Labor -Who/What: secret
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businesses and those who supplied the labor for them. In the novel In Dubious Battle‚ John Steinbeck focuses on a strike set in the California apple country. Albeit historical fiction‚ the novel holds true as it represents the countless times ownership has exploited its workers in the avaricious attempt to secure additional revenues. As well‚ the novel examines the inner workings of a strike and the difficulties that went along with running one. A lack of resources‚ clearly defined goals‚ and in-fighting
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