Feb. 18th: Three Strikes in the Washington Post
The Washington Post ran an article on California's Three Strikes in the
Friday, February 18th paper. Included in the article were quotes by FACTS
Co-Chair Geri Silva and FACTS member Leon Shirley. The comments made by Leon
Shirley were as follows:
"It's just not fair," said Leon Shirley, whose
46-year-old younger brother recently began serving a mandatory three-strikes
sentence for possession of a pocketful of crack. "I'm not making excuses for my
brother's behavior or trying to make him look good--he's a drug addict. But he
had already done time for his other crimes, 11 years, and he wasn't out there
on the street robbing again. I feel like now he's just getting punished all
over again for his past. What he needs is treatment, not 25 more years in
jail."
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