Three Strikes law

Three Strikes and You’re Out The “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law is a law that was passed by California Voters in 1994. What this law basically means is that people who have been convicted of three or more serious felonies or violent crimes may end up being sentenced a longer amount of time in prison or even facing life in prison. Violent offenses include murder, robbery of a residence in which a deadly or dangerous weapon is used, rape and other sex offenses. Serious offenses include the same offenses that are considered as violent offenses, but also include other crimes like burglary of a residence and assault with intent to commit a robbery or rape. The concept of this law is just like it is in baseball, the batter has two strikes before striking out on the third and then they’re out. The purpose for this law is to not have repeat criminal offenders. repeat offenders are constantly imprisoned to ensure the safety of the public. This law keeps the criminals off the streets and away so that they won’t commit any more crimes. Not everyone agrees with this law being enacted. There is a lot of controversy going on about it, but it defiantly has its pros and cons.
Some people may argue if the “Three Strikes and You’re Out” law is even effective or not. Studies have shown that this law is not very effective. The crime rates have not dropped much since the law has been enacted and there hasn’t been much of a difference made. The crime rates have been decreasing at the same rate in every state for the past twenty years regardless of this law. I think this law is fair when it deals with putting repeat rapists, robbers, and murderers away for a long time but is not fair when it comes to putting petty thieves and drug users away for 25-years-to-life. This law can also be seen unfair because other states require the third "strike" to be a violent or at least a serious felony for the harsh mandatory sentence but California allows third crimes normally classified as