three-strikes law
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of three-strikes law
First recorded in 1990–95
Example Sentences
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Hanzal was a second-striker — someone who has accumulated two “strikes” from serious or violent felonies under California’s three-strikes law, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2024
It’s worth noting that the two major sentencing policies the Crime Bill pushed for—a federal three-strikes law and state truth-in-sentencing laws—were both laws that several states had adopted years earlier.
From Slate • Jun. 20, 2024
Washington effectively got rid of parole in 1984 and was the first state in the nation to enact the three-strikes law, handing a mandatory life sentence to anyone convicted of three felonies.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2022
"One was that we couldn't file strikes pursuant to the three-strikes law. And the three-strikes law as a mandatory law. It's something that the prosecutors don't have the discretion to ignore."
From Fox News • Feb. 22, 2022
Another measure automatically restores the voting rights to felons once they leave prison, and one allows for resentencing of some people serving life without parole under the state’s three-strikes law due to second-degree robbery convictions.
From Washington Times • Apr. 26, 2021
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