3 strikes law is kind of scary!!! (Video)
 

yes it is for a free country a awful lot of people in jail

A. They know about the law
B. They commit a crime knowing that they can be sentenced to life
C. Crazy irrational people are locked up away from the public
D. Success

yah no sympathy here , even granted the justice system is fucked up . it doesnt fuck up 3 times in a row , and if it did you should have skipped town after the first 2.

You're free to not be a thieving murdering fuckup
They need three strikes laws where they don't allow firearms for good people

A. They know about the law
A. They know about the law
A. They know about the law

For a nation that only just stopped executing child offenders in March 2005 and still has over 2220 serving sentences of life without parole, - it's clear there is a long way to go with the criminal justice system till it gets even close to the standards of any other western civilized country.

True Smokey very true, I like your thinking :)

I wish all 50 states had the three strike rule. But then again, i also wish we had public executions. Get sentenced to die, get shot in the back of the head in town square the next morning.

Want to vandalize a car or get caught being a thief? Get beat with a cane on public square that afternoon. Punishment should be swift and harsh, because thats what its supposed to be, punishment. Not a 4 year vacation learning how to be a better criminal from all your new friends with time off for 'good behavior'

Totally agree MrPheer! Also think there is no need for courts and judges - they cost too much and gives a defendant a chance to get off.

Instead of paying for courts - there could be a charge to watch the public executions. Shooting them in the back of the head kinda kills the length of the execution show - how about a bullet for every State and start shooting their limbs off first? The revenue could be given to McDonald's and get the cost of hamburgers down.

I think you may be too kind on car vandals. They need roasted alive and their body fats/oil used as bio-friendly energy sources to keep the cost of gas down.























/end sarcasm :-)

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We take too many undesirables from other countries lately

Well said Mr. Pheer

E. Society pays many millions of dollars to keep people who stole a few twinkies or smoked pot locked up for decades.
F. Massive failure.

there was a guy in florida that got life for stealing a pizza slice

hopefully yer child won't be murdered

If you get convicted of 2 violent felonies then your a menace .. it doesn't matter what the third strike it your still out committing crimes ans should be put a way. think about how many crimes these people committed and didn't get caught ... hell I was charged with a felony assault once and even after getting off it taught me a lesson .. these people didn't learn a thing and committed more crimes

Sure is...

USA 740
Russia 713
UK 124
Canada 102
Germany 98
Italy 92
France 80
Vietnam 75
Sweden 64
Stats are prison population per 100,000.

Webby, why does it not surprise me you are into recycling and energy conservation.

Ah.. good idea L-Pink :winkwink:
Three strikes and you're converted to oil - Don't tell the oil companies else the lobbying will start - for real :)

A big negative I see/understand is expressed by many law enforcement officers .... with nothing to loose many "criminals" escalate violence disproportionally to the crime because the end result is the same.

Of course the key word is "criminal"... the offender already has a history. It is a criminal continuing in his profession, his way of life.

It was so simple in the old west, "Is that your horse" ... A simple yes/no.

Webby, I believe a staggering percentage of the US jail population is drug related. Mandatory minimums are FAR WORSE than any three strike law.
In some cases a college pot smoker, son of a judge, maybe a future President even, can face decades in prison on a first offense.

In a sense these are political prisoners since politics set the basis for their sentencing.

You made that up. Thanks for adding nothing to the conversation.

Must have been an expensive slice of pizza. Third strike is felony level crimes only. There was a Florida case where a guy trying hard to live straight, ripped a towel dispenser from a rest-stop bathroom. Was arrested and because of the price and the fact it was state property he got his third-strike.

I think it should be 2 VIOLENT crimes, not this bs we have now.

If you are convicted of 2 violent crimes, you're gone. Bye bye.

Bullshit again. Post links or shut up.

For all we know his first two felonies might have been for child abuse or something. Post Link

Heard the same thing from law officers - it's kinda hard to generalise, - rarely is an offense/background the same, but the label is the same. Some are serious violent offenses, some not physical assaults (fraud blah) and some very trivial but with possibly heavy sentences (drug possession).

Then there are the downright evil :) Maybe rare, but they exist and are a menace to everyone, - and the law. (Often driven by greed to the extent they kill others around them - classic major "dealer" scenario where they end up with life or on death row, - not for drugs, but for multiple murders.)

One thing that is prob fair, is that a sentence is treated as almost all "punishment" and no introduction of the word "rehab". Even that balance seems to be debatable - rehab seems to work in some instances, but not necessarily with a high success rate.

You're right in the progression to more serious offenses - and often murder. Others have a problem to start with - ie child abusers - chances are high these people were victims at an earlier age (and they can also progress to murder).

Damn.. it's a complex issue, but would save one hell of a lot of money maintaining jails/staff if it was addressed.

Apparently that is the case. Some idiot in possession of weed is hardly a prison offense and just clogs up the system - and costs a lump of money. If these people are in control of themselves, - they are hardly a menace of society.

Alex, read my post again. I said he was trying to live straight, after previous crimes and it was his third offense. Some of us that were alive before the internet craze got news from sources that don't have a "link"

Either way his third strike was for violent behavior so fuck 'em.

Thanks for your pleasant post.

Alex, if I show you the pizza case will you believe my vandalism case?

The "pizza thief"

Probably the most famous 3-strikes case is the pizza thief case. Jerry Dewayne Williams, at the age of 27, was sentenced to prison for 25-years-life for stealing a slice of pepperoni pizza. His crime was a petty theft, but, because of California state law and because of his prior record, Williams theft was classified as a "felony." Williams prior convictions were for robbery, attempted robbery, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and possession of a controlled substance. See Eric Salter, Pizza Thief Receives Sentence of 25 Years to Life in Prison, LATimes, Mar. 3, 1995, at 9B.


Feel better now?

Fuck them all, they deserve everything they get.

There was also a case where a guy was walking down the sidewalk and saw how a little girl missed the ice cream man. So he picked up a bike that was laying in the yard and gave chase to get her ice cream cone. When he got back the cops were there to arrest him for theft of that bike. Third strike. Now he's in prison forever. It's true now you know.

The law won't last; these stories will happen more and more over time. It's too easy to get convicted for something you didn't do.

No college pot smoker spends a long time(if any) in jail. At the most it's just one night unless they have no money for bail. Alot of places just give you a ticket. Weed is just a misdemeanor unless you have a large amount. I got busted twice for possession in my early days. Even here in Texas it was just a fine of around $500 plus court costs.

It's the hard drugs that will get you in trouble. Felony for most of them but first time offenders can get it knocked down to a misdemeanor a lot of times. Though doing so will usually require going on probation, community service, bigger fines, drug rehab class, etc....

Violent criminals get no sympathy from me.

laws and gun rule...

I dont live in the States but i wish we had this law in the UK. Were talking about the fucks that drag society down. No sympathy here. If they are too stupid to stop comitting crimes then they get what they deserve. Were talking about thugs and theives, not the silent decent majority of Americans who are usually the victims of these crimes. Its time that all countries started caring more about the victims rights and less about the criminals rights. I say bring back hard labour camps.

thats some bullshit atleast here in new jersey your third strike has to be a violent crime/felony. otherwise they're pretty much fucking everyone out there in cali, you'd be suprised at what is considered a felony charge.

Got ya! I was told by the law that the penalty for possession of weed was.. think.. six years, where you are, but suppose they were assuming a quantity of the stuff.

Tho you are correct - govt officers don't want to waste their time on weed. It's kinda embarassing to have to blow a cover for weed possession - and a waste of time and money. It would also not be a first for em to trade weed out as a teaser and intro to other drug distribution and up the tree to the main "players".

PS Suppose there is a moral here. Be wary where you buy weed - and never from anyone who hangs around a pool table and is rarely noticed or appears like some redneck or slut - chances are it's an undercover officer :1orglaugh They are very good at this facade - and their cover will remain intact and they may even get "arrested" along with ya :)

Fun facts in this PDF:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps...-list-2005.pdf

6 years? :1orglaugh
To get that much time you'd need to be busted with alot along with scales, baggies, and other things to prove intent to sale.
Laws varies alittle by state. Here in Texas anything under 2 onces is just a class C or B(don't remember) misdemeanor. In some of the mroe liberal states it's not even a misdemeanor if it's under 1 once, more like a traffic ticket.

First time I was just given a ticket with an order to appear in court. Second was a different county and they required you to be detained for it. Spend the night in jail, posted bail in the morning. Get the bail minus fines and court costs back if you show up on your court date.

That looks like a half-decent and considered set of stats TFG :thumbsup

Trying to get actual crime stats internationally is like operating on another planet. Part is due to the differing methods of counting in different nations - eg the US is counting from the US Bureau of Justice and the FBI Uniform Crime Reports etc and in the UK there are anomolies where one count exists but there may be multiple offenses stemming from the one "incident" etc.

Well... there was a few bags of weed around when I asked that question - and under circumstances that has nothing to do with me :1orglaugh

Briefly.. the stuff was being cleaned up to make it appealing to buyers - and gonna be traded out to gain access to more interesting characters on the drugs market. I really know nothing about drugs and asked a friend who was one of the officers what would happen if the local law bust in? Reply was we would all be thrown in jail for six (??) years. Nice!! But then explained, not to worry - we would only be there a short time and moved to another facility and released (to retain cover of others).

The six years may have been a little joke, but think that was some mandatory time for that volume of weed.

I dont feel sorry for them, DONT BREAK THE LAW. DONT STEAL