Thursday, August 03, 2006

[USA] Three Strikes and You’re In: The Effect of Ewing v. California and Three Strikes Legislation

Volume 3 - No. 1 – Spring 2006
PDF - http://www.cjcj.org/pdf/three_strikes.pdf
Kelly Ann Cheeseman, Rolando V. del Carmen, and Robert Worley
“This paper examines the legal history of ‘three strikes’ legislation (laws that provide for more severe sentences for individuals convicted of three felonies of specified types) and explores the impact these laws have on the criminal justice system, particularly prison populations, correctional budgets, and the percentage of elderly inmates.” [Sentencing; Prison Management; Criminal Justice]