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Changes to California’s “Three Strikes” Law

December 17, 2012

On November 6, 2012 California voters passed Proposition 36 to amend the “Three Strikes and You’re Out,” or more commonly known as the “Three Strikes” law. The Three Strikes law was approved by state voters in 1994 and became one of the harshest sentencing punishments in the United States. The law allowed Californians two violent […]

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Knowing Your Miranda Rights in Las Vegas

November 7, 2012

The Miranda rights in Las Vegas and the rest of the United States were created in 1966 as the result of the United States Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona. In this case, defendant Ernesto Miranda was was arrested for abducting and raping an 18-year-old woman. After the victim identified him, Miranda was subjected to […]

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