tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post4671029531304918947..comments2023-08-23T00:11:34.071+10:00Comments on The Australian Heroin Diaries: U.S. Jails 1 in 100Terry Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-16076709163392198932008-03-03T12:33:00.000+11:002008-03-03T12:33:00.000+11:00Yes, Ant ... extraordinary.The US is one fucked up...Yes, Ant ... extraordinary.<BR/>The US is one fucked up country. As the world welcomes in the watered down governments from the likes of China, Russia etc. jingoism is still very much alive and well ... in the US.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-81207531662420725242008-03-03T10:52:00.000+11:002008-03-03T10:52:00.000+11:00That's extraordinary.That's extraordinary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-89276217834012703392008-03-03T10:29:00.000+11:002008-03-03T10:29:00.000+11:00ant rogenous: How many states have this 'three str...ant rogenous: <I>How many states have this 'three strikes' law?</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks Ant.<BR/>Here's a snippet from Wikipedia:<BR/><I>The concept swiftly spread to other states, but none of them chose to adopt a law as sweeping as California's: By 2004, twenty-six states and the federal government had laws that satisfy the general criteria for designation as "three strikes" statutes — namely, that a third felony conviction brings a sentence of life in prison, with no parole possible until a long period of time, most commonly twenty-five years, has been served.<BR/>The exact application of the three-strikes laws varies considerably from state to state. Some states require all three felony convictions to be for violent crimes in order for the mandatory sentence to be pronounced, while others — most notably California — mandate the enhanced sentence for any third felony conviction so long as the first two felonies were deemed to be either "violent" or "serious," or both.</I>Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12331435244789111209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426187053282004467.post-84424291062006412632008-03-01T22:06:00.000+11:002008-03-01T22:06:00.000+11:00How many states have this 'three strikes' law?How many states have this 'three strikes' law?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com