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1US CA: OPED: Justice Must Be Measured, Rational andTue, 9 Mar 1999
Source:Los Angeles Times (CA) Author:Charney, Joseph P. Area:California Lines:Excerpt Added:03/09/1999

Penal code: It should take a violent or serious offense to trigger the last strike of the three strikes law.

Interest in amending the three strikes sentencing law is growing in the state Legislature. A bill has been introduced that would limit the thirdstrike trigger, which mandates a sentence of 25 years to life, to violent or serious offenses only. It's a good idea.

Justice must be measured, rational and proportionate or it isn't justice. Any legislation that promotes a punishment scheme not in conformity with this basic principle of fairness is unjust. California's three strikes law, providing life sentences for relatively minor offenses, is such a law.

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