Criminal
Apr. 10, 2014
Mental illness reduces chances of three strikes sentence reduction
A recent study by Stanford's Three Strikes Project asserts that three quarters of inmates who have been denied sentence reductions them have been diagnosed with a mental illness.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
PALO ALTO - Seventeen months after voters agreed to amend California's three strikes law, 95 percent of eligible inmates who petitioned the court have seen their sentences reduced.
A recent study by Stanford's Three Strikes Project has shed some light on the other 5 percent: Three-quarters of them have been diagnosed with a mental illness.
The sampling is small, a little more than 1...
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