Criminal Justice | Three-Strikes Laws Should Not Be Reformed

In Part I of this two-part viewpoint, Robert Kelsey argues that the three-strikes law is doing what it was designed to do: incarcerate habitual felons so that they are no longer a menace to society. In Part II, Ted Westerman contends that the criminals sentenced under the three-strikes laws have committed a second or third violent or serious felony and therefore deserve a severe sentence. In addition, he asserts that the three-strikes law is responsible for a declining crime rate. Kelsey is a retired deputy probation officer in California; Westerman is chairman of the Criminal Justice...

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