What is the impact of the three strikes law on sentencing of repeat offenders?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fowler, 72 Cal.App.4th 581, 84 Cal.Rptr.2d 874 (Cal. App. 1999):
The three strikes law is a statute targeting recidivists. It is not to be judged by a standard different from treatment of prior criminal behavior in other sentencing contexts, and might, as stated in Jones v. United States, be "distinguishable for constitutional purposes from other facts that might extend the range of possible sentencing." (--- U.S. at ----, 119 S.Ct. at p. 1227.)
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