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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (40085)	3/29/2000 11:54:00 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (4) of 74651

I respectfully disagree. Judges have a lot of latitude, particularly in non-violent crime areas. There's a case in California where a homeless man/bum/whatever was sentenced to mandatory major prison time under the Three Strikes law for stealing a slice of pizza since he had two other non-recent priors (non-violent theft, I believe). Many drug statutes call for mandatory prison time for mere possession of "recreational" amounts of pot. In these cases the judge has no latitude and there is no room for "fairness", only the application of the law. Whether or not it's "fair" for an 18-year-old who pleads guilty to statutory rape for having sex with his 16-year-old girl friend to have to file as a "sex offender" and notify the neighbors when he moves in for the rest of his life is something that I won't go into here. Indecent exposure would fall into the same category (so much for streaking making a comeback).

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