Three Strikes Legislation in California"

B. Definition of "three strikes" concept.

II. MOTIVATION FOR THREE STRIKES LEGISLATION.

D. Reaction in the California state legislature.

F. Motivations of Democrat leaders in the Assembly.

G. Enactment of the "three strikes" amendment to the California Penal Code.

H. Ballot qualification of the Reynolds proposition.

III. THE "THREE STRIKES" AMENDMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE.

IV. ASSESSMENT OF THREE STRIKES LEGISLATION.

1. Punishment does not fit the crime.

2. Inclusion of non violent offense will overwhelm the court system.

4. Three strikes will motivate offenders to kill victims.

5. Increased incarceration is not an effective deterrent to criminal activity.

6. The three strikes concept will cause people to be incarcerated at state expense beyond the age that most people commit crimes.

V. ALTERNATIVES TO THE "THREE STRIKES" AMENDMENT TO THE PENAL CODE

"THREE STRIKES" LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNI

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nia. It is possible that before the November 1994 election additional three-strikes or three strikes-related laws will be on the books. The Reynolds three strikes proposition will be on the November ballot. It is also possible that one or more of the other three strikes initiate drives will gained the required number of signatures, and that other three strikes propositions will also be on the November ballot. The mood of the California citizenry in June 1994 argues that all of the proposed laws and initiatives will be supported. If a spate of three strikes laws are enacted and is multiple three strikes propositions do appear on the November ballot, however, California voters may become too confused to support any of them. The "Three Strikes" Amendment to the California Penal code The three strikes amendment to the California Penal Code that became law on 8 March 1994 does not restrict three strikes penalties to violent offenses (Three strikes, join the queue, 1994, p. 28). The new law states that a defendant with one previous conviction for a serious felony offense if convicted on another serious felony charge will receive a sentence of double the usual penalty for the new serious felony charge plus five years (State of Ca
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