Three Strikes law unnecessarily punitive

Sept 19, 1999

'Three Strikes law unnecessarily punitive'

I'm writing to thank the NC Times for the concern and challenge expressed in the Sept 5 editorial regarding Senate Bill 873. ('Take a new look at 3 strikes') Our current three-strikes laws are unnecessarily harsh, and I have no doubt a task force study will confirm this. Unfortunately, our elected officials seem to need encouragement from the people of California to investigate what this law is doing to some of our families. Families that have already suffered the tragedy of alcoholism and drug addiction are now being further tormented by the horror these laws have brought them. Mothers, fathers, grandparents and children all live in fear of what may happen to their errant loved one or with the horror of what has already happened to them.

Our elected officials need to hear from us. They are afraid to act on their own. Their common sense, if they had any has failed them and us.

Tye Smith
Vista

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