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050			_aHV 9305.C2 _b.D71 2004
100			_aDomanick, Joe. _9107995
245		0	_aCruel justice : _bthree strikes and the politics of crime in America's golden state / _cJoe Domanick.
260			_aBerkeley : _bUniversity of California Press, _cc2004.
300			_axiii, 320 p. : _bill. _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-305) and index.
520			_a and especially of the many people serving lengthy prison terms who are victims of the three strikes law itself."www.shelfari.com"
520			_a and how the politics of crime and fear work in America. Domanick demonstrates how laws passed in haste, without deliberation, and in reaction to public hysteria can have unforeseen consequences as tragic as those they were designed to thwart. Domanick draws powerful portraits of the two innocent young girls--Kimber Reynolds and Polly Klaas--whose murders were the catalyst for the three strikes law
520			_a how it has played out
520			_a of the fathers who sought their revenge
520			_a of the men who killed them
520			_a what political, social, and economic forces lie behind it
520			_aWhen the people of California overwhelmingly voted for the 1994 "three strikes" law, many had no idea what they were approving. The official ballot argument in favor of what Newsweek called "the toughest law in the nation" kept it simple: "Three strikes keeps career criminals who rape women, molest children and commit murder behind bars where they belong." What few people realized, however, was that the sweeping nature of the law would put thousands of nonviolent men and women in prison for twenty-five years to life, for crimes as minor as shoplifting $2.69 worth of AA batteries, forging a check for $94.94, or attempting to buy a macadamia nut disguised as a $5 rock of cocaine. In his riveting, well-documented book, Joe Domanick reveals the drama of the shattered lives involved with the law. Focusing on personal stories, Cruel Justice expands to tell the larger tale of how the law came into existence
650			_aImprisonment _zCalifornia. _9107996
650			_aMandatory sentences _zCalifornia. _9107997
650			_aMurder _zCalifornia _9107998
650			_aPrison sentences _zCalifornia. _9107999
650			_aPunishment in crime deterrence _zCalifornia. _9108000
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