It is from Golden Gate Iniversity Law Review and is entitled: “Career Criminals Targeted: The Verdict is in, California’s Three Strikes Law Proves Effective (pdf format).” Naomi has our approval for her very fine work. What I find amazing is the fact that it came from a San Francisco Bay Area Law School that has the reputation for generating some of the most liberal minds in the country. This is a remarkable study that should be read by all (especially you students). It’s a must read for students and professors alike, especially those from Stanford. Just in from the California District Attorneys Association, Carl Adams, Scott Thorpe and Thomas Toller have produced a white paper on 3 Strikes and the changes Proposition 36 would inflict on the residents of California. You can see at a glance the greater differences between figures for all of 2011 versus just 6 months for 2012. The Prelimary Report from the FBI for California is reflecting the expected rise in from Governor Brown’s Realignment/ AB109.
Mike Reynolds’ comments have much to say. Crime will remain invariably low until we return to releasing reliable crime reports as used to be the case. Stanford Law also has the advantage of the State Attorney General not processing or releasing crime reports as was the case previously. There are also those who have been re-arrested and are awaiting sentencing in county jails whose numbers were not included in this study. What is not shown are those in this first group of 1,500 felons to be released are those who have committed new crimes and are being held locally in county jails. They’re finding a low recidivism rate of 1.3%, which if true, may more likely be “attributable to those who were released being hand-picked as the least likely to reoffend”. Their report shows their project is working magnificiently. The Proposition 36 Progress Report by the Stanford Law School project of the same name released its findings in April 2014. The GMU Study, ”Does Three Strikes Deter?” Our Most Popular Studies Showing 3 Strikes Deterrence Value The effectiveness of three strikes laws is considered in terms of crime commission, fairness, drugs, race, prison crowding, corrections costs, plea bargaining, case processing, early release, criminal and civil proceedings, and legal issues.Here you’ll find all of the official reports and studies we currently have on-site in support of 3 Strikes. The impact of three strikes laws in other States is assessed. First strike offenders in Georgia are predominantly young black men. Georgia is in second place, with almost 2,000 persons sentenced under its three strikes law.
California continues to have the most offenders (40,000) sentenced under two and three strikes. Blacks comprise 31 percent of inmates in State prisons but 37 percent of offenders convicted under two strikes and 44 percent of three strikes offenders. Further, prosecutorial discretion over charging and plea bargaining has resulted in very uneven application of the law across the State. The wide scope of provisions in California's law has resulted in long prison terms for many less serious crimes. The application of the three strikes law in California, however, has been uneven and its effect on public safety is disputed. Three strikes laws have had substantial impact in only two States, California and Georgia.
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