Litigation
Nov. 14, 2001
Three-Strikes Case Is Back for Fourth Time
RIVERSIDE - It's a three-strikes case that would leave most lawyers' and judges' heads spinning. In 1996, Riverside County Judge Gary Tranbarger relied on the three-strikes law in sentencing George Lewis Thornton to 35 years to life for stealing $20 from a disabled man outside a bank.
In 1996, Riverside County Judge Gary Tranbarger relied on the three-strikes law in sentencing George Lewis Thornton to 35 years to life for stealing $20 from a disabled man outside a bank...
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