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To: one_less who wrote (567848)	5/24/2010 12:50:51 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574006

Less, > If such a monumental increase in incarceration resulted in monumental reduction in crime, with an increase in confidence among decent law abiding citizens, we could justify the effort and expense, even then it should be viewed as a temporary measure if used at all. Similar conditions have been made to frame the argument for and against California's "three strikes" law. Statistics have shown time and time again that California's "three strikes" law was a key factor for a long-term reduction in crime across the state. Opponents of the law generally try and prove a negative, that the law had no effect. These arguments came up a few years ago when a proposition weakening the three strikes law was up for a vote. The proposition was narrowly defeated. Tenchusatsu