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Re:Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape po... by JackFr on Saturday June 01, 2013 @06:00AM (#5803412)
All of the suspects in the fleeing car had outstanding arrest warrants.
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Re:Oculus Rift co-founder killed by gang trying to escape po... by wavefunction on Saturday June 01, 2013 @10:08AM (#5803993)
I wonder if this is related to the Three Strikes laws prevalent throughout the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-strikes_law

Sometimes these criminals have nothing to lose, over even relatively insignificant infractions that will definitely result in life sentences. Not that I'm condoning criminal behavior in any way.

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