#three-strikes-law tag

Man sentenced 50 years to life in prison in Bay Area shopping center shooting

A Santa Rosa man was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for firing an assault rifle during a 2024 shopping center confrontation, with his prior convictions triggering California's Three Strikes Law.

California

fromThe Mercury News

4 days ago

Man sentenced 50 years to life in prison in Bay Area shopping center shooting

A Santa Rosa man received a 50 years to life sentence for firing an assault rifle at a shopping center in 2024, with no victims struck due to weapon malfunction.

US politics

fromsilive

2 weeks ago

'Hooded bandit,' who committed string of '90s robberies on Staten Island, has life sentence commuted

Daniel Galiano, serving life under New Jersey's Three-Strikes law for a 1997 armed robbery spree, had his sentence commuted and was released.

fromLos Angeles Times

3 months ago

18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under California's rarely used Racial Justice Act

The law allows convicted defendants to challenge the length of their prison terms if they can demonstrate racial disparities or discriminatory practices in the California jurisdiction where their case was prosecuted. But five years after its passage, the law has hardly been used, according to an analysis of newly obtained sentencing data by the Stanford Law School Three Strikes Project and NAACP's Legal Defense Fund.

Law

California

fromwww.mercurynews.com

3 months ago

Opinion: California study is asking crime survivors what we need

Survivor experiences were weaponized to justify punitive laws; victim-designed surveys in California now center survivors' needs and preferences over punitive policies.

California

fromThe Mercury News

4 months ago