Three Strikes Law, Sentencing for Repeat Felony Offenders. Initiative Statute.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
criminal justice law
gptkbp:amendedBy Proposition 36 (2012)
gptkbp:appliesTo repeat felony offenders
gptkbp:ballotNumber 184
gptkbp:colloquialName gptkb:Three_Strikes_Law
gptkbp:criticizedFor disproportionate sentences
impact on non-violent offenders
gptkbp:date November 8, 1994
gptkbp:effect increased prison population
longer sentences for repeat offenders
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Three Strikes Law, Sentencing for Repeat Felony Offenders. Initiative Statute.
gptkbp:influenced other states' three strikes laws
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:California
gptkbp:mainProvision mandatory 25-years-to-life sentence for third felony
gptkbp:officialName Proposition 184
gptkbp:passedBy California voters
gptkbp:purpose increase prison sentences for repeat offenders
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:California_Penal_Code_Section_667
gptkbp:sponsor California legislature
gptkbp:type initiative statute
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:California_Proposition_36_(2012)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7