Demands for tougher laws and harsher penalties for criminal behavior are almost universal. In 1994, California enacted the nation’s most arduous version of a strict “three-strikes” law, which mandates ...

That meant the only punishment available to the judge was life in prison without parole under Washington’s “three strikes law,” the Persistent Offender Accountability Act. In 2019 ...

Molly O’Neal retires with a legacy of holistic and expansive service for clients, and says the role of her office is more ...

of the Dangerous Drug Act where if the arrested person has three cases of the same offence, he will automatically be given the mandatory punishment. “This is among the laws we are suggesting ...

Correction officers at three New York prisons are on strike — an extraordinary response to what they view as the state's ...

Assemblyman Tom Lackey has introduced AB 568, a bill that would make selling fentanyl to minors a strike under California’s Three Strikes Law, ensuring that those responsible for ...