Man Was Sentenced to Die in Prison for Shoplifting a $159 Jacket: This Happens More Than You Think

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45. Most career criminals quit in their 30s. The best remedy for speeding that up was rehabilitation.

But we almost entirely eliminated forced rehabilitation programs in the 1980s.

Crime has been steadily dropping since the mid '70s. Well before the first 3-Strike law in California.

And I don't care if the 3-Strike laws are effective. I bet summary executions would be even more effective. It is still wrong.

FYI: that first 3-Strike law, by the way, was not aimed at repeat offenders. Everyone (except the authors) thought it was. But the way it was written a first time offender was eligible for sentencing if they had 3 qualifying violations. The NRA, whose lawyers wrote the law (ALEC is not an original concept), successfully sued the state of California for their failure to apply the 3-Strike law to a first time offender.

I believe the laws have been corrected to at least get rid of that nonsense. But they are still draconian and unnecessary.