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California
Criminal Law Observer
The Three “Strikes and You’re Out” Law
Information about California’s 1994 proposition and law and
how they relate to juveniles and felonies with links to the
corresponding California codes.
National
Institute of Justice
“Three Strikes and You’re Out”: A Review of State Legislation
A PDF file of the NIJ’s research brief reviewing state mandatory
sentencing laws. (Acrobat Reader required.)
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Three
Cheers for Three Strikes: California enjoys a record drop in
crime
An article in favor of mandatory sentencing written by former
Attorney General of California Dan Lungren. Published in the
November/December 1996 issue of the journal Policy Review.
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FACTS – Families to Amend California’s 3-Strikes
News, personal stories, pictures, video clips, a timeline, and
summaries of California court cases from a group that wants
to amend the state’s 3-strikes law so it applies only to violent
felonies.
Families Against Mandatory
Minimums
A quarterly newsletter, congressional information, news, photographs
and stories of people impacted by mandatory sentencing laws,
and a history of sentencing laws.
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Law
California
Criminal Law Observer:
The Proposition 184 Three strikes Initiative Effective November
9, 1994
A copy of California Penal Code Section 1170.12 passed by California
voters.
California
Criminal Law Observer:
The Three Strikes Statute Effective March 7, 1994
A copy of California Penal Code Section 667 passed by the state
legislature.
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September 11, 2008
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