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California's "Three-Strikes Law"
Analytical Essay # 27751
California's "Three-Strikes Law"
The paper analyzes the "Three-Strikes Law" using two recent cases, Ewing vs. California and Lockyer vs. Andrade.
914 words (approx. 3.7 pages) |
2 sources |
MLA | 2002
Paper Summary:
The paper discusses the background to the creation of the three-strikes law, which imposes heavy mandatory sentences on persons convicted for the third time of a felony. The paper examines whether the law exhibits adequate proportionality in applying third-strike sentences.It also discusses the constitutionality of the law and arguments put forward by opponents to the law.
From the Paper:
"Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's opinion in Ewing v. California stressed that courts should not interfere with decisions by state legislatures concerning criminal sentencing policies (Cahill, 2003). In this case, the supreme court upheld the constitutionality of a 25-year sentence against Gary Albert Ewing, whose third-strike sentence was stealing three golf clubs, valued at $1200, from a store."More papers on California's "Three-Strikes Law":
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APA Citation:
California's "Three-Strikes Law" (2012, February 09). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-California's-Three-Strikes-Law/27751
MLA Citation:
"California's "Three-Strikes Law"" 09 February 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-California's-Three-Strikes-Law/27751>
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