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About.com Three Strikes
Links to web sites analyzing mandatory sentencing.
California Criminal Law Observer
The Three Strikes and Youre Out Law
Information about Californias 1994 proposition and law and how they relate to juveniles and felonies with links to the corresponding California codes.
Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
Three Strikes Sentencing Laws
Information on and links to the Minnesota Three Strikes Statutes along with a list of reports that review the successes and failures of this kind of law.
National Institute of Justice
Three Strikes and Youre Out: A Review of State Legislation
A PDF file of the NIJs research brief reviewing state mandatory sentencing laws. (Acrobat Reader required.)
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Publications & Policy Studies
Three Strikes in Review
A Washington Institute for Policy Studies 1997 article detailing the history of the Three Strikes movement in Washington State and how the law that was passed in 1993 helps prevent crime.
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American Civil Liberties Union Library
10 Reasons to Oppose 3 Strikes, Youre Out
Opposition to mandatory sentencing from the ACLU.
FACTSFamilies to Amend Californias 3-Strikes
News, personal stories, pictures, video clips, a timeline, and summaries of California court cases from a group that wants to amend the states 3-strikes law so it applies only to violent felonies.
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
A quarterly newsletter, congressional information, news, photographs and stories of people impacted by mandatory sentencing laws, and a history of sentencing laws.
Law
California Criminal Law Observer:
The Proposition 184 Three strikes Initiative Effective November 9, 1994
A copy of California Penal Code Section 1170.12 passed by California voters.
California Criminal Law Observer:
The Three Strikes Statute Effective March 7, 1994
A copy of California Penal Code Section 667 passed by the state legislature.
Initiative 593reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.120 and 9.94A.030
The text of Washington State Initiative 593 relating to persistent offenders and approved by Washington voters on November 2, 1993.
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