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Errata:
Three
Strikes
4/12/02
In last week's article on
California's "three strikes" http://www.drcnet.org/wol/231.html#threestrikeslaw
(), DRCNet wrote that "[u]nder California's three-strikes law, judges must
impose a sentence of 25-to-life for any felony conviction if the defendant
has two previous "serious" or violent felonies."
We have since been informed
that the California Supreme Court has ruled that judges may sentence a
three-strikes defendant to less than 25 years to life, if that decision
is based on certain mitigating factors, as determined by an analysis as
specified in the cases of People v. Superior Court (Romero) and People
v. Williams (1998).
The Week Online regrets the
error. We will in the near future publish a report on the implementation
of California's three-strikes law.
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Issue #232, 4/12/02
Yale University Joins End Run Around HEA Anti-Drug Provision, Will Replace Federal Aid Lost by Students from Drug Convictions | Latest Prisoner Numbers: States Continue to Level Off, But Federal Incarceration Grows at Record Pace | Meek Sentencing Commission Recommends Minor Reforms in Crack-Powder Cocaine Sentences | Afghan Eradication Program Sparks Armed Resistance, Protests -- Farmers Blame America | More Trouble Down South: Peru Rejects US "Zero Coca" Goal | Major Demonstrations Against US Colombia Policy Set for April 20-22 | Denver Bookstore Cannot Be Forced to Name Buyer of Drug Manufacturing Books, Court Says | NORML NYC Marijuana Ad Campaign Taps Mayor's Comments, Gets Attention | Errata: Three Strikes | Alerts: HEA, Bolivia, DEA Hemp Ban, SuperBowl Ad, Ecstasy Legislation, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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