Arguments Against Three Strikes
This week we were able to read two articles that went along with our lecture. The first article, "Three Strikes and You're Out: California's new mandatory sentencing law on serious crime rates", by Stolzenberg and D'Alessio. This article looked at information gathered from cities where the three strikes law was mandated. The research looked at monthly data and found that the three strikes law had no effect on recidivism or crime rates. Personally, though some may agree with the three strikes law, I find it in some circumstances to be unjust. For starters, I feel as though this law does not allow the judge to fully review the case of an offender who has reached their third strike. The reason for this is that each crime committed is different