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Unjust Sentencing and the California Three Strikes Law (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship)
Unjust Sentencing and the California Three Strikes Law - Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Author: Douglas W. Kieso
The California Three Strikes law was passed in 1994 as a wave of “strike” laws swept the United States. California’s law was unique, however, because people convicted of possession of a small amount of narcotics or who committed petty crimes like shoplifting were receiving life sentences. Kieso studies prosecutorial discretion, judicial discre...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781593320942
ISBN-10: 1593320949
Publication Date: 9/26/2005
Pages: 294
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Publisher: LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
Book Type: Hardcover
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