three-strikes laws

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs habitual offender laws
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Proposition_36_(California,_2012)
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
felony offenses
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:federal_Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act_(1994)
gptkbp:criticizedFor prison overcrowding
criminal justice reform advocates
disproportionate sentences
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1990s
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:U.S._Congress
gptkbp:effect mandatory life sentence for third felony
gptkbp:excludes some non-violent crimes (in some states)
gptkbp:firstEnactedIn gptkb:California_(1994)
gptkb:Washington_(1993)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label three-strikes laws
gptkbp:influencedBy public concern over crime rates
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:California
gptkb:Washington
gptkbp:purpose increase penalties for repeat offenders
gptkbp:referencedIn Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:relatedTo mandatory minimum sentencing
recidivism
gptkbp:studiedBy criminologists
gptkbp:subjectOf legal challenges
gptkbp:supportedBy tough-on-crime advocates
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:War_on_Drugs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5