Healthcare/Hospital Law
Dec. 4, 2006
Modify Three-Strikes, but No Sweeping Reform
FORUM COLUMN - By Joseph Sorrentino - A 57-year-old half-blind cripple in a wheelchair stole a cheap clock from a department store.
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By Joseph Sorrentino
A 57-year-old half-blind cripple in a wheelchair stole a cheap clock from a department store. His only other crimes were two serious felonies dating back 30 years. A Los Angeles prosecutor filed three-strikes charges against him, making the cheap clock theft punishable by 25 years to life.
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