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0 pointsalex_young7y ago0 comments

Old news at this point, but there are probably plenty of people serving life for small theft in CA on the old law:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stealing-one-slice-of-pi...

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California used to invoke the three strikes law where the first two crimes were serious felonies, and the third was anything. But not three misdemeanors.

jmalicki7y ago

It was still felony petty theft... how stealing a pizza is a felony is messed up, but it was still a felony.

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0 pointsalex_young7y ago0 comments

Old news at this point, but there are probably plenty of people serving life for small theft in CA on the old law:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stealing-one-slice-of-pi...

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rayiner7y ago

California used to invoke the three strikes law where the first two crimes were serious felonies, and the third was anything. But not three misdemeanors.

jmalicki7y ago

It was still felony petty theft... how stealing a pizza is a felony is messed up, but it was still a felony.

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