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Three Strikes in California
By all accounts, the three strikes sentencing law in California is a failure according to criminal justice experts. They point out that three strikes is applied more often than not to people of color, that it hasn't reduced crime, that it's overwhelming the court system and bankrupting the state treasury. …
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More from this issue:
- Three Strikes in California, by Willie Wisely
- Censorship of Rap Tape States Claim
- Analysis of People v. Romero
- Hungry for Justice in L.A. Jail
- From the Editor, by Dan Pens
- Transportation Costs Can't Be Imposed on Losing Plaintiffs
- A Matter of Fact
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by John Midgley
- Black Prison Movements
- Washington Prisoners Lose Computers, Again, by Paul Wright
- CRIPA Stays Not Appealable
- Botched Escape Sparks Rebellion
- Texas Guard Cleared in Controversial Shooting
- Twelve Political Prisoners Gave their Lives in a Death Fast in Turkey
- Motive in Denying Due Process Irrelevant
- Georgia Prisoners Retain Right to Safety
- Upsizing Federal Law Enforcement
- ADA Ruling for Deaf New York Prisoners
- New York Voting Rights Case Vacated
- Iowa DOC Shake-Up, by Michael Brant
- PLRA Stay Provision Held Unconstitutional
- PLRA Not Retroactively Applicable to Special Masters
- Attorney Fees Awarded in Smoking Suit
- PLRA Not Applicable to Appeals Filed before Passage
- PLRA Not Retroactive on Attorney Fees
- Update on Washington Money Seizure Suit
- Habeas Required for Disciplinary Hearing Challenges
- Prison Officials Liable for Double Celling
- No Immunity for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Violence
- PI Granted on Winter Clothing Claim
- News in Brief
More from Willie Wisely:
- From the Editor, Sept. 15, 2002
- California Guards Bust Budget, June 15, 2002
- California Pays for Guard's Sexual Misconduct, Jan. 15, 2002
- Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot, Dec. 15, 2001
- California Dials Wrong Number, Nov. 15, 2001
- Plug Pulled in California Prison, Nov. 15, 2001
- Cowboys and Prisoners, Sept. 15, 2001
- Racist Knot of Florida Guards, Sept. 15, 2001
- Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, Aug. 15, 2001
- Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, July 15, 2001
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