Re:The Life of a South Central Statistic
by bsder on Thursday August 17, 2017 @10:28PM
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> The tone here confuses me. Robbing somebody at gunpoint certainly seems felony-worthy.
It is. But the point is that he went from "zero" to "three strikes life sentence" in a single shot. It is not clear that this is what the law was actually supposed to do. Certainly, I personally would never have expected that a single incident could invoke a "three strikes" law.
However, involving a gun breaks most of my sympathy. It is difficult for me to envision what a "proper sentence" should be when the victim could have wound up dead.
It is. But the point is that he went from "zero" to "three strikes life sentence" in a single shot. It is not clear that this is what the law was actually supposed to do. Certainly, I personally would never have expected that a single incident could invoke a "three strikes" law.
However, involving a gun breaks most of my sympathy. It is difficult for me to envision what a "proper sentence" should be when the victim could have wound up dead.