Posted By The Law Offices of Jacqueline Goodman || 25-Mar-2014
For years, California's "Three Strikes and You're Out" law allowed for one of the harshest sentencing systems in the country. Though other states enforce some form of three strike laws, which are meant to decrease violent and serious criminal acts by repeat offenders, California's three strike law allowed for the extreme sentencing of defendants convicted of even nonviolent offenses. It wasn't until California voters passed Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012, that these unfair sentencing requirements were modified.
