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Three Strikes Racks 'em Up
Loaded on June 15, 1994
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1994, page 1
Three Strikes Racks 'Em Up
Filed under:
Crime/Demographics,
Crime,
Three Strikes,
State Legislation.
Locations:
California,
Georgia,
Washington.
By Paul Wright
In November of 1993 voters in Washington state passed Initiative 593 which mandates life without parole for defendants convicted of one of 42 qualifying felonies for the third time. PLN covered the initiative process as it was unfolding at the time, [see …
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