News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: PUB LTE: 'Three Strikes' Law Has Been Badly Applied |
| Title: | US CA: PUB LTE: 'Three Strikes' Law Has Been Badly Applied |
| Published On: | 1999-12-15 |
| Source: | Orange County Register (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-05 13:13:59 |
'THREE STRIKES' LAW HAS BEEN BADLY APPLIED
The "three strikes" policy is not the culprit["'Three strikes' strikes
out," Editorial, Nov.10].
The concept of keeping career violent criminals off the streets is a sound
one. By definition keeping habitual violent criminals out of society
reduces crime. It works.
The Culprit is the implementation by over-zealous prosecutors. When the
only tool you use is a hammer, everything starts looking like it needs a
nail. What ever happened to common sense?
Jim McGreagor, Irvine
The "three strikes" policy is not the culprit["'Three strikes' strikes
out," Editorial, Nov.10].
The concept of keeping career violent criminals off the streets is a sound
one. By definition keeping habitual violent criminals out of society
reduces crime. It works.
The Culprit is the implementation by over-zealous prosecutors. When the
only tool you use is a hammer, everything starts looking like it needs a
nail. What ever happened to common sense?
Jim McGreagor, Irvine
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