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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
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To: Gerald Walls who wrote (40110)3/29/2000 9:37:00 PM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen  Read Replies (1) of 74651
 
"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)"

That's definitely a waste of taxpayer dollars, I agree. OTOH, the bum shouldn't have been stealing pizza. Since he had two prior arrests for theft, he obviously is a slow learner.

"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."

That does sound rather draconian, and would certainly never happen north of Cali. Are you certain of your facts? Up here you have to be a pretty severe child molester in the "highly likely to offend" category before neighbors have to be notified.
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