That's why I like Texas' 3-strikes, your OUT policy.
The Texas Three Strikes Law mandates highly enhanced penalties for criminals convicted of three felony offenses.
Once a person has two prior felony convictions, a third felony conviction triggers mandatory minimum sentencing, resulting in a prison term of 25 years to life.
This law applies regardless of the severity of the third offense, meaning even a felony DWI can lead to a life sentence if the defendant has two prior qualifying felony convictions. Each felony conviction counts as one "strike". Felony convictions from other states are also valid for the three-strikes enhancement.
The mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years cannot be reduced by a judge, although the court has discretion to set a sentence up to 99 years or life.
Where do Texas felons go after they have two strikes? They move to a different state and never come back to Texas.
That's why I like Texas' 3-strikes, your OUT policy.
The Texas Three Strikes Law mandates highly enhanced penalties for criminals convicted of three felony offenses.
Once a person has two prior felony convictions, a third felony conviction triggers mandatory minimum sentencing, resulting in a prison term of 25 years to life. This law applies regardless of the severity of the third offense, meaning even a felony DWI can lead to a life sentence if the defendant has two prior qualifying felony convictions. Each felony conviction counts as one "strike". Felony convictions from other states are also valid for the three-strikes enhancement.
The mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years cannot be reduced by a judge, although the court has discretion to set a sentence up to 99 years or life.
Where do Texas felons go after they have two strikes? They move to a different state and never come back to Texas.
That's nice. I like that. Oregon used to be that too down to age 15.