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Black History
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The United States is locking up people at an unprecedented rate. There are now 1.75 million people in state and federal prisons in the U.S.--up from 1 million people just four years ago. Young Black and Latino men are bearing the brunt of this. Over 70 percent of those imprisoned are Black, Latino ....
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....nt felony.
The second strike rule: If you are convicted of any felony and have a previous "violent or serious felony" (as defined by the law) the courts are now required to hand you twice the normal sentence.
Many convictions that teenagers received in juvenile court can be counted as "strikes."
There is no "wash-out" period: The law says that previous convictions must be counted as "strikes" no matter how old they are--even if they happened before the three strikes law was passed. For exam.... |
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