Problems with the "Three Strikes" Laws

One of the most controversial laws in an effort to reduce crime is the "three strike" law enacted. The law is taking place in 27 states and obliges criminals convicted of three types of violent crimes to declare life imprisonment without parole. This law is based on the view that about 6% of offenders commit most of felony charges and that criminals can be eliminated by driving these criminals out of the city. Unfortunately, the law does not take into account its own flaws and its implementation.

With the year of execution, the three strike problems started to emerge. As the crime rate goes down, the cost of overcrowding in prisons also goes down. Minor crimes such as minor theft and theft were sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. Today, Californians want to know if the three strike laws are more than they want. This article opposes three strikes and should be abolished. Discussions contrary to law are first given. Discussions to support the law will be discussed next. And these claims can be disputed as their claim. The conclusion will conclude the main content of this article

Vitiello believes that the three strike laws have no effect on reducing serious crimes and that legal costs are not good for our society. Vitiello explained that the assertions of the three strike supporters are based on empirical data defining legal efficiency. The effectiveness of the law is supported by data unrelated to the three strikes. According to a report from California, the crime rate has declined before the three strikes and the crime did not change dramatically after three strikes. Mr. Vitielo further insists that legislators were unable to find a marginal deterrent when trying to measure deterrence for three strikes. Several changes have been made, but there is no big explanation for the decline in the crime rate. The law itself does not help the criminal justice system. Vitiero compared California and its country's average crime rate. Therefore, three strikes will not affect the decline in the crime rate.

Careful examination of the impact of the three strikes found that there was no deterrent against California crime. An empirical study on the relationship between the three strikes in California and the recent decline in the crime rate has concluded as follows. "There is no evidence here that three strikes played an important role in lowering crime rates." Is "Three strikes" recently reduced California crime? , 32 LOYOLA L. 101, 102 (1998). The most extensive study of the influence of three famous professors on three strikes also concluded that "the decline in the crime rate observed after three strikes took effect is not the result of regulation." Franklin E. ZIMRING, Gordon Hawkins and Samkamine, punishment and democracy: 3 strikes and you are in California 101 (2001). Mike Males and Dan Macallair, strikeout, 11 STAN. L. & Polyy Rev. 65, 66-67 (1999). L & POLYY REV 75 (Winter 2000)