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Do you have evidence people are doing 10+ years where their only crime is possession of recreational amounts? Not saying you’re wrong, Im just surprised to hea

• amanaplanacanal 4y ago
  Three strikes laws used to be really popular, so this certainly used to be the case. Can’t say if it still is.
  • brigandish 4y ago
    > Do you have evidence people are doing 10+ years where their only crime is possession of recreational amounts? "only crime", a minor one at that, and three serious crimes don't match up, and is possession of recreational amounts a serious crime in any jurisdiction?
    • colejohnson66 4y ago
      Yes. The whole point of three strikes laws were to make low-level drug offenses punishable by life in prison. It would be cruel and unusual punishment to do it for the first offense, so they made it happen after three, and the courts OKd it.
      • brigandish 4y ago
        I'm going to need more than that as when I checked yesterday it was only felonies and what most people would think are actually serious crimes that were counted as strikes. The closest I could find to a "minor" crime was Rummel v. Estelle[1] where the offences totalled $230 of fraud, but the offences were felony fraud, so I couldn't find any sympathy for said fraudster, it actually reduced any possible sympathy - if you're going to do something that risky it should be for a big reward. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummel_v._Estelle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rummel_v._Estelle