Re: Steal a bottle of shampoo, go to prison for life
- From: Peter Bowditch <myfirstname@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:24:59 +1100
who <*~.@.~*> wrote:
On 12/13/2011 5:19 PM, Peter Bowditch wrote:
Bob Officer<*@*.*> wrote:
On Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:19:02 +1100, in misc.health.alternative,
"carole"<hubbca2003@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Steal a bottle of shampoo, go to prison for life
December 30, 1998, San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco's leading newspaper)
http://articles.sfgate.com/1998-12-30/opinion/17739678_1_third-strike-california-s-three-strikes...
http://tinyurl.com/c5zy8t7
Welcome to the macabre world of California's Three Strikes Law, where 25 to life for the theft of a disposable
camera is not an aberration. The Department of Corrections projects that by 2002, 1 out of every 4 California
prisoners will be a "second or third striker." CDC statistics show that as of March 31 [1998], there were
4,076 prisoners serving third-strike sentences, but fewer than half were imprisoned for convictions for
"crimes against persons." According to the Legislative Analyst's Office, almost half of the "third strike"
offenses were nonviolent or nonserious felonies, and the most common "second strikes" were drug possession,
petty theft and burglary. Prosecutors use the law viciously, frequently against petty, nonviolent offenders.
It does not matter that the conviction was from another state, or even another country. Perhaps most
significantly, the third strike can be any felony; it does not need to be a "violent" or "serious" one. Thus,
offenses such as petty theft can bring a life sentence. While many states have three strikes, only
California's is so uncompromising. Moreover, it is not working. According to the Justice Policy Institute,
between 1994 and 1995, violent crime in states without three strikes fell three times faster than in states
with such laws. RAND, a respected policy analysis institution, found that a graduation incentive program is
five times more effective at reducing crime than three strikes.
Note: Remember that the prison-industrial complex is a huge money-making machine for certain connected
individuals and corporations. For key reports on government corruption from reliable sources, click here.
While interesting, this has no place in alternative health care
usenet group.
Since you are not a US Citizen, Why do you care?
They had a similar law here in the Northern Territory which was a
thinly-veiled "Lock up the Aborigines" strategy. I( think it fell
apart when there was national outrage over a kid being locked up for
shoplifting a pencil or a can of Coke or something.
But nothing to do with alternative medicine. The regulators can't even
lock up proven charlatans here.
Oh how horrible!
What'sa matta with Ozland??
As an aside, why is the American military expanding it's presence
there?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/16/us-usa-australia-idUSTRE7AF0F220111116
There's no good reason that I can think of, but our governments have a
habit of bending over for the USA. And I mean bending over forwards,
not backwards.
--
Peter Bowditch aa #2243
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