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| Respected
newspapers throughout California are calling for
Fix Three Strikes Passage of Proposition
66 |
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| June
13, 2004, San Francisco Chronicle, Editorial: |
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| CALIFORNIA’S
CRUEL PUNISHMENT--“The law’s
astronomical costs, along with the state’s
budget crisis, should be enough to propel
Californians to change the law . . . In short,
California can’t afford the law in its current
form, on law enforcement, moral or financial
grounds. Reform it in November.” |
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| July
15, 2004, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Editorial: |
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THREE
STRIKES REFORM MAKES GOOD SENSE -- “The
problem with ‘three strikes’ is that some
people have been banished to state prison
without proper cause. Doing so has been bad not
only for those involved and their families, but
for an overburdened state budget as well.” |
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| June
11, 2004, Orange County Register, Editorial: |
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THREE-STRIKES
PROGRESS -- The most welcome initiative
scheduled to be on the November ballot this year
is a much-needed reform of California’s
“three strikes” law, passed by California
voters in 1994. It deserves the support of
people who want laws against violent crimes to
be tough but sensible.
The
measure does not abandon the idea of enhanced
punishment for violent criminals who are repeat
offenders; indeed, it toughens penalties for
child molesters. But it will end the
unreasonable practice under current law of
sending those convicted of petty offenses to
life in prison at great cost to taxpayers. |
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