| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:law 
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                                | gptkbp:amendedBy | gptkb:California_Proposition_36_(2012) 
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                                | gptkbp:appliesTo | gptkb:United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:criticizedFor | prison overcrowding disproportionate sentences
 
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                                | gptkbp:dateEnacted | 1990s 
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                                | gptkbp:enforcedBy | state courts 
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                                | gptkbp:focusesOn | violent felonies 
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                                | gptkbp:influencedBy | public concern over crime rates 
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                                | gptkbp:legalChallenge | gptkb:Ewing_v._California gptkb:Lockyer_v._Andrade
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:California gptkb:Florida
 gptkb:Washington
 
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                                | gptkbp:penalty | mandatory life sentence for third felony 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | increase penalties for repeat offenders 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | habitual offender laws 
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                                | gptkbp:sometimesResultsIn | life sentences for nonviolent crimes 
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                                | gptkbp:subjectOf | criminal justice reform debates 
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                                | gptkbp:supportedBy | tough-on-crime advocates 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:California_prison_system gptkb:California_Three_Strikes_Law
 gptkb:California_Penal_Code_Section_1170.12
 gptkb:California_Penal_Code_Section_667
 gptkb:Three_Strikes_Law,_Sentencing_for_Repeat_Felony_Offenders._Initiative_Statute.
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 8 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Three Strikes Law 
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