Comments by "ashley bishop" (@ashleybishop7248) on "Jasmine Crockett BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE at DNC" video.
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Ā @jperezlgkĀ The majority of people supported the three strikes law. 22 states had three strikes laws. In CA the law was in response to the murders of Kimber Reynolds and Polly Klaas, both murdered by repeat offenders.
"The law was the result of a deathbed promise Mike Reynolds, of Fresno, Calif., made to his 18-year-old daughter, Kimber, after she was fatally shot.
"It became apparent that the system itself was re-releasing the same offenders over and over again," he says.
The voters seemed to think so too. Reynolds had no trouble getting enough signatures to get his three strikes initiative on the ballot. It passed overwhelmingly."
It makes no sense to twist yourself into a pretzel trying to blame one person for a law that was well intended but had unintended ramifications. Harris didn't draft the law - she didn't bring it up for a vote by the people. Like everyone else, she supported keeping repeat offenders off the streets. What, exactly, are you blaming her for?
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Ā @jperezlgkĀ Oh I'm sure. And I'm also sure this has fck all to do with Kamala Harris. The citizens and the legislative branch passed a law. Police officers arrest, prosecutors prosecute, juries convict and judges sentence. That's how it works. And I don't know where you get your nonsense from, but Harris had no authority to "keep" something as a law. That's out of her purview.
Btw, in Florida, someone with 22 grams of marijuana and someone with 22 pounds of marijuana both face third-degree felony charges, which can carry a prison sentence of up to five years. Thousands of people in Florida each year are charged for having small amounts of marijuana. Last year, prosecutors filed more than 16,000 charges against people for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
So if, in fact, you're genuinely upset about laws that put people away for YEARS for possessing small amounts of marijuana, perhaps look to the current situation in red states instead of wringing your hands about bygone laws that no longer exist.
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