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Originally posted by TopTGP
Americans laugh at Canada because of the Liberals...
Its just as fucked up as the three strikes law in California. If you're convicted on three seperate occasions of stealing bikes, you get 25 to life in prison. Now that is fucked up.
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When the voters, voted on the three strikes law, the majority of voters thought that the three strikes pertained to crimes of violence, or percieved crimes of violence (such as using a gun in a holdup even though actual violence did not occur). It was portrayed that way in the political ads on TV and even though I read the referendum I also thought that it pertained to crimes of violence.
The law is screwed up and the legislature either has or is supposed to make some adjustments. It will still be that committing three felonies you are still out.
When analyzed that is not so outrageous. It sounds somewhat outrageous if a person had stolen a bike on three separate occasions and gets twenty-five to life, for stealing three bikes.
The fact is, depending upon the value of the bike (some bikes are very expensive) stealing a bike can be a felony. Another fact is that most thieves (with half a brain) commit multiple crimes before being caught, so the bike thief may have stolen thirty bikes or three hundred bikes before being caught. The fact is the bike thief is a predator, and for his next act; who knows what he may do.
So the three strikes law may not be as outrageous as you imply.