California Three Strikes Law

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Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:amendedBy Proposition 36 (2012)
gptkbp:appliesTo serious felonies
violent felonies
felony offenses
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:California_Penal_Code_Section_1170.12
gptkb:California_Penal_Code_Section_667
gptkbp:criticizedFor prison overcrowding
disproportionate sentencing
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1994
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:California_State_Legislature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label California Three Strikes Law
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:California
gptkbp:mediaCoverage high
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Three_Strikes_Law
gptkbp:opposedBy criminal justice reform advocates
gptkbp:purpose increase prison sentences for repeat offenders
gptkbp:relatedTo habitual offender laws
gptkbp:secondStrikePenalty double the usual sentence
gptkbp:supportedBy victims' rights groups
gptkbp:thirdStrikePenalty 25 years to life imprisonment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lockyer_v._Andrade
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7