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A 6 page paper which examines these two states’ approaches to criminal justice by way of background, supporting and opposing positions, and comparing and contrasting each state’s stance on the issue. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the late 1980s and early 1990s, citizens demanded their elected officials take drastic action. Since then, at least 23 states have enacted what has become known as three strikes
legislation, with high crime states like California and Florida leading the national crusade. Pitching the three-strikes plan in California began with the senseless kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly
Klaas in 1993 by Richard Allen Davis, a sexual predator who had seemingly fallen through the prison cracks. Her grieving and outraged father, Marc, vigorously promoted the legislation, which
was based upon a tough on crime initiative that had been passed in the state of Washington (Cannon). Moved by his private meeting with Marc Klaas, President Clinton announced
in his 1994 State of the Union address, "Those who commit crimes should be punished. And those who commit repeated, violent crimes should be told, When you commit a
third violent crime, you will be put away, and put away for good. Three strikes, and you are out!" (Cannon) The following November, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 184,
a three-strikes package that imposed a mandatory 25-year-to-life prison sentence on anyone found guilty of committing three felonies (Corsini). What this means is that there are several men and
women serving life sentences in California prisons for anything from drug possession to forgery (Freedberg 7). Nearly five years later, on July 1, 1999, Florida passed its own version of
the law, known as the Three Strike Violent Felony Offender Act, which is the cornerstone of Governor Jeb Bushs tough and uncompromising crime stance. The Act mandates that repeat
violent offenders must receive the following maximum prison sentences: * 3rd degree felonies = 5 years * 2nd degree felonies = 15 years * 1st degree felonies = 30 years
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