The rising tide of urban violence during the 1980s and 1990s caused lawmakers to consider ways to up the ante for chronic offenders. In 1994, Congress enacted the former President Bill Clinton-backed ...

The California State Supreme Court ruled this month that prisoners serving time under the state’s three strikes law can seek a reduction of their sentences. For years, the Three Strikes Project has ...

The US Supreme Court today heard challenges to the toughest sentencing law in the nation. California-s landmark -Three Strikes- law, which is defended as part of the war on crime, has been attacked by ...

As long as a violent offender committed unrelated crimes on separate occasions, each counts as a "strike" under Pennsylvania's three-strikes law even if the offender's plea consolidated two or more of ...

Colorado’s second-highest court concluded on Thursday that a defendant was sentenced under the state’s “three strikes” law in a manner that did not comply with the U.S. Constitution, but the mistake ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Michael Smith, the man convicted in the shooting death of Cheyenne Johnson, will spend the rest of his ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Lawmakers heard emotional testimony Tuesday afternoon on a proposal that would change how Washington sentences repeat offenders, a debate that quickly turned personal for one woman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iowa lawmakers are once again debating whether harsher sentencing laws — often called “three strikes” policies — will make our ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Ian C. Irizarry, 55, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole under Washington's "Three Strikes" law, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office announced. In March 2024, ...

Iowa lawmakers are once again debating whether harsher sentencing laws — often called “three strikes” policies — will make our communities safer. The goal is understandable: No one wants Iowa to ...

A guard tower at the new Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison on Friday, Apr. 10, 2015. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some ...