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A Mother's Fight Against 3 Strikes Law 'A Way of Life'
NPRSince the November election, 240 California prisoners facing potential life sentences have been set free. That's because voters changed California's tough three strikes sentencing law.
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Sacramento County 'three-striker' freed under Prop. 36 learning to live with freedom
The Sacramento BeeEugene Dey is trying to learn how to live with freedom.
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Inside the Three Strikes Project: An Inmate's Letter
Rolling StoneStanford law students volunteer to help people imprisoned under a law that makes no sense
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Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws
Rolling StoneWhile Wall Street crooks walk, thousands sit in California prisons for life over crimes as trivial as stealing socks
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Righting the wrongs of "Three Strikes" life sentences
CBS NewsIn California, for nearly 20 years now, a person convicted of breaking three laws -- no matter how minor -- would be sent to prison for life, no exceptions.
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California Horror Stories and the 3-Strikes Law
New York TimesCalifornians brought a close to a shameful period in the state’s history when they voted this month to soften the infamous “three strikes” sentencing law.
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Elsa Y. Chen: Prop 36 will save money and increase fairness
Mercury NewsProposition 36 will be decided upon by Californians on Nov. 6. Its passage would save our state tens of millions of dollars a year and increase fairness in our sentencing system without leading to more crime.
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Viewpoints: Should voters modify '3-strikes' law? Yes
Sacramento BeeThe modest reforms in Proposition 36 eliminate the potential for abuse of this powerful sentencing tool and will help to save the three-strikes law as an important sentencing tool and to protect public safety.
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A Conservative Endorsement of Proposition 36
IVNProposition 36 is a reform all conservatives can and should support.
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Three-strikes shouldn't be about small-time crime
Los Angeles TimesProp. 36 would end harsh 25-years-to-life terms for minor third offenses and save the state money.
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Editorial: Three-Strikes law needs revising
The ReporterProposition 36 would adjust the Three-Strikes law so that lesser felonies don't automatically result in costly life sentence.
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California may lead prison-reform trend, ease '3 strikes'
MSNBCMore than a decade after California set a national trend toward longer sentences for habitual criminals with its three-strikes law, crime in the Golden State is down, prison costs are up - and voters are poised to soften the hardline stance.
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