PRECEDENT: Polly Klaas
Crime Junkie
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California's Three Strikes Law, the Original Three Strikes Law, Was Much Less Discerning
Three strikes law passed in california in 19 94, and by the time richard davis went to trial for polly's murder two years later, it was in 24 states. In most states, all three strikes had to be seri offences, violent offences. The original three strikes law didn't really differentiate between the two. Half of people sent to prison for automatic life sentences were there on other charges.
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