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Three Strikes, You're Out
By Ed Mead
Those short sighted anti-crime proponents in Washington state are at it again. This time the conservatives are circulating a citizen's initiative, The Persistent Offender Accountability Act (Initiative 590) that would provide two major changes to punishment: mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole for so-called …
Those short sighted anti-crime proponents in Washington state are at it again. This time the conservatives are circulating a citizen's initiative, The Persistent Offender Accountability Act (Initiative 590) that would provide two major changes to punishment: mandatory life in prison without the possibility of parole for so-called …
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More from this issue:
- Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission Update, by John Perotti
- Washington Lifers Litigation Update, by John Midgley
- 1991 Prison Population Up 6.2%
- Blacks Likely to Spend More Time In Jail
- Interstate Compact Does Not Create Liberty Interest
- High AIDS Rate Behind Bars
- Study Finds Sentencing Bias in Washington State
- Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-Sue Cons for Riot Damage
- Guards Need Not Disclose Identity Of HIV-Positive Cons
- Supreme Court Defines "Frivolous" Lawsuits
- Three Strikes, You're Out, by Ed Mead
- ABA Says Use of Prisons Not Effective Way to Fight Crime
- NCCHC Asks Congress to Improve Prison Health Care
- Infracting Cop Cannot Hear Own Infraction
- High Court to Decide if Convict Group is "Person" for IFP Status
- Supreme Court To Define "Prevailing Party" for Purposes of Attorney Fees
- Criticism of Peru Articles
- Federal Prisoner Must Exhaust BOP Remedies Before Seeking Habeas Corpus Relief
- Prison Costs More than Harvard, by Ralph Hakim Walker
- Adverse Change in Board Rules is Ex Post Facto
- Detroit's Former Chief Guilty of Embezzling
- Washington's DOC Boss Talks That Talk. Can He Walk That Walk?
- Virginia Sets Guidelines for Terminally-Ill Prisoners
- Lompoc Prison Strike
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Court Bans Double Celling
- Censoring Mail From Courts Violates Due Process
- DOC Must Provide Involuntarily Committed With Treatment
- Rectal Search Upheld
- Wisconsin Lockdown, by Adrian Lomax
- Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike, by Paul Wright
- Transfer Violates Access Rights
- Prisoner Entitled to Protection and Toilet Access
- Court Rules on Service and Venue
More from Ed Mead:
- Class Differences in Crime Control, Feb. 15, 1994
- Law of Medical Treatment Explained, Jan. 15, 1994
- Editorial, Jan. 15, 1994
- Gender Based Treatment Disparity Violates Equal Protection, Dec. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Nov. 15, 1993
- The Politics of Imprisonment, Nov. 15, 1993
- Prison Slavery Upheld, Again, Oct. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers: Court Defines Applicability of FLSA, Sept. 15, 1993
- Prisoners as Workers in Washington State: New Law Will Increase Exploitation, Sept. 15, 1993
- Editorial, Sept. 15, 1993
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