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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:32 AM Jun 2015

SCOTUS Strikes Down Three Strikes Law and Increased Sentencing Law as Violation of Due Process

Last edited Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:27 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: Supreme Court of the United States of America

No excerpt, PDF direct link.

Read more: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-7120_p86b.pdf



Another direct blow to the failed punishment model of criminal justice that only America has embraced.

8 to 1 decision.

(On edit:

Six Justices think the residual clause is unconstitutional. Two Justices think that owning a short-barreled shotgun is not a violent felony, but is not unconstitutional, so they think that Johnson should win, but not for the constitutionality reason. And Justice Alito dissents as to both holdings. So the most important holding (in terms of people affected), I think is 6-3.)

http://live.scotusblog.com/Event/Live_blog_of_opinions__June_26_2015?Page=3#sthash.34aMdKGD.dpuf

Decision delivered by Scalia, J., for the Majority.

Kennedy and Thomas concur, separate judgments.

Dissent by Alito, J.
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SCOTUS Strikes Down Three Strikes Law and Increased Sentencing Law as Violation of Due Process (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jun 2015 OP
Excellent - I shudder to think of who the ONE is. George II Jun 2015 #1
I am betting Thomas ybbor Jun 2015 #2
You bet wrong. former9thward Jun 2015 #7
Alito--worse than Thomas and Scalia...nt msanthrope Jun 2015 #9
True - he is an embarrassment to the country George II Jun 2015 #11
alito is truly evil based on this samsingh Jun 2015 #51
He is an evil one ybbor Jun 2015 #12
Akin to whose shit smells worse. Fantastic Anarchist Jun 2015 #98
This message was self-deleted by its author ybbor Jun 2015 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Atman Jun 2015 #54
Definately. notadmblnd Jun 2015 #55
I've always thought that too. Jazzgirl Jun 2015 #57
Alito Punx Jun 2015 #62
Hateful..... George II Jun 2015 #69
The hate just drips out of his pours. Imagine we have something so ugly on our SC. you cannot Cha Jun 2015 #97
OP sys Alito wrote the dissent. So it would be him, yes? Myrina Jun 2015 #10
I posted within seconds of the initial op which didn't know the one yet ybbor Jun 2015 #65
Take a pill, I was just trying to help ... Myrina Jun 2015 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author ybbor Jun 2015 #81
Alito. He's the worst of them currently. onehandle Jun 2015 #8
We sure are getting a lot in return to losing on TPP rocktivity Jun 2015 #3
Oh just knock it off. NuclearDem Jun 2015 #4
2 Deadbeat Republicans Jun 2015 #28
Did you get lost on the way to this thread? George II Jun 2015 #20
Yeah -- these are bones they're throwing. Citizen's United? Fat chance ... Auggie Jun 2015 #23
Ironic that the three strikes seem to be these decisions to strike down our feelings about the TPA! cascadiance Jun 2015 #60
You're reading my mind, rocktivity. The PTB have nothing to lose now that they valerief Jun 2015 #64
I hadn't thought of that, but I suppose that's entirely possible magical thyme Jun 2015 #72
i do wonder what legal issues will erupt thx to tpp restorefreedom Jun 2015 #88
the supremes may not take kindly to losing most of their power magical thyme Jun 2015 #90
makes me wonder if anyone actually read this first n/t restorefreedom Jun 2015 #92
Wanted to post this on Facebook, but in a format people will read. Google doesn't come up with a DebJ Jun 2015 #5
DU may be the first in the entire media world to post it.....I had a direct source. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #18
Here is a story about it - with link csziggy Jun 2015 #40
The Supremes are on a ROLL this week! logosoco Jun 2015 #6
The Fifth Amendment just got a huge boost...this has very wide implications....think of the detained Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #25
I know awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #82
The hits just keep on coming!!!!! nt MADem Jun 2015 #13
WOW - who opened the doors at the Supreme Court packman Jun 2015 #15
WOW. What I believed all along. Amazing. closeupready Jun 2015 #16
Today is a damn good day in the United States. K&R Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #17
Freedom Johnny2X2X Jun 2015 #19
Holy DAMN! frylock Jun 2015 #21
Will this mean those folks who are currently incarcerated under 3 strikes, riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #22
My take is if any of previous of three strikes was a "violent felony" as defined, with a firearm, engaging the residual clause, and the accused was Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #32
Interesting. I've read a few cases where folks are incarcerated for drug offenses riderinthestorm Jun 2015 #38
I may be reading this too broadly, but the fact that the entire enhanced sentence provision is Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #47
Will have to mean that. closeupready Jun 2015 #36
It's more complex that we might think csziggy Jun 2015 #41
Now it's time for citizens united to go. nt List left Jun 2015 #24
True--but this is the Court that gifted us with Citizens United so it's not likely, is it? nt truebluegreen Jun 2015 #29
Don't we wish! lark Jun 2015 #78
What happens to everyone sentenced under that law? Renew Deal Jun 2015 #26
Good question. jwirr Jun 2015 #34
Alito really is the Nazi of the group titaniumsalute Jun 2015 #27
I remember watching his wife cry at his confirmation hearing.... truebluegreen Jun 2015 #33
I started reading his dissent and that's not how it comes off at the beginning. Renew Deal Jun 2015 #39
Damnit! this has been a great two days! Le Taz Hot Jun 2015 #30
And the flag of southern treason awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #83
I'd forgetten about that! Le Taz Hot Jun 2015 #84
It has been a wild week... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #85
Good. I am reeling form all these June decisions. Getting scared - waiting for the other shoe to jwirr Jun 2015 #31
Lots of people in for long terms because of this... Stuart G Jun 2015 #35
If the lifetime-for-a-stolen-pizza guy were still alive, closeupready Jun 2015 #37
If one of the previous convictions involved a mere firearm possession then a resentencing should be automatic, that Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #49
Who are these guys? Spirochete Jun 2015 #42
Spirochete think. They got the gift of TPP nt bonniebgood Jun 2015 #67
You're right Spirochete Jun 2015 #73
If Scalia and Thomas could mate mountain grammy Jun 2015 #43
Today is a happy day madamvlb Jun 2015 #44
didn't expect that one PatrynXX Jun 2015 #45
Hell yeah damnedifIknow Jun 2015 #46
K&R stage left Jun 2015 #48
Very Very Important....k and r... Stuart G Jun 2015 #50
this is excellent news samsingh Jun 2015 #52
If three strikes are illegal how are we supposed to play baseball? Kablooie Jun 2015 #53
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #56
so no more Three Strikes Law allowed? That law has put a lot of people in prisons for life. Sunlei Jun 2015 #58
The core decision is more narrow than that, confined to strike down the punitive "residual clause" on the Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #63
Not sure at all what you meant, but a narrow focus to strike down, '3-strike' I understand. Sunlei Jun 2015 #66
three strikes your out yikes1 Jun 2015 #59
California's citizens voted it in as a Proposition on the ballot, iirc. Don't know about the rest... Hekate Jun 2015 #87
Alito is a full on sociopath. . . . n/t annabanana Jun 2015 #61
Thanks for this information.... LovingA2andMI Jun 2015 #68
This is great! Do the 3-Strikers get released from their life sentences now? Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #70
No they don't. former9thward Jun 2015 #91
Can the State's 3 strikes convictions be challenged in court by the convicted? Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #100
Yes, that challenge will be coming. former9thward Jun 2015 #101
Good news. Thanks for the info, former9thward Dont call me Shirley Jun 2015 #102
One of the most important rulings ever. A lot of sentences should be reduced over this... marble falls Jun 2015 #71
Criminal sentence laws that are ruled unconstitutional are retrospective as well, and retroactive to any current sentences being served. Fred Sanders Jun 2015 #75
Good news. Justice will be picking the private prisons industry's pockets. marble falls Jun 2015 #76
Gigantic K&R!!!! BumRushDaShow Jun 2015 #77
Excellent. yesphan Jun 2015 #79
Convicted Salinas rapist ordered to serve 156 years in prison udbcrzy2 Jun 2015 #80
What a week this is. I am by now just stunned. Hekate Jun 2015 #86
Wonderful news! What a great day! myrna minx Jun 2015 #89
OMG, how did I miss this?!?! bravenak Jun 2015 #93
Wow, that's actually a pretty big deal. Arkana Jun 2015 #94
Finally, Way Overdue colsohlibgal Jun 2015 #95
They're on a roll! okasha Jun 2015 #96
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2015 #99
this will not get the press the other two did DonCoquixote Jun 2015 #103
About time, isn't it? Thank you. n/t Judi Lynn Jun 2015 #104
There are plenty of judges and state budget offices TexasBushwhacker Jun 2015 #105
Wow. They're on a roll. Matariki Jun 2015 #106

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Response to msanthrope (Reply #9)

notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
55. Definately.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:51 AM
Jun 2015

I think he is probably the most extreme jurist on the bench. You can literally see the cray cray in his eyes.

Punx

(455 posts)
62. Alito
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:12 AM
Jun 2015

Has an authoritarian streak a mile wide in him. He will always vote in favor of power, privilege, or punishment.

Should never have been given given Supreme Court position.

Cha

(305,182 posts)
97. The hate just drips out of his pours. Imagine we have something so ugly on our SC. you cannot
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 12:27 AM
Jun 2015

make this shite up.

Response to Myrina (Reply #74)

Auggie

(31,775 posts)
23. Yeah -- these are bones they're throwing. Citizen's United? Fat chance ...
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:47 AM
Jun 2015

1% loses nothing in giving us the ACA, gay marriage and eliminating three strikes.

 

cascadiance

(19,537 posts)
60. Ironic that the three strikes seem to be these decisions to strike down our feelings about the TPA!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:05 AM
Jun 2015
 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
72. I hadn't thought of that, but I suppose that's entirely possible
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:35 PM
Jun 2015

but maybe, just maybe, we'll be able to keep pushing on TPP. The ISDS is arguable unconstitutional as well.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
88. i do wonder what legal issues will erupt thx to tpp
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 05:05 PM
Jun 2015

could be anything....fair wages, worker safety, regulation, etc. something will come up. wonder how the supremes will handle that. well i guess we know alito. anything that advances the human condition is a no with him.

 

magical thyme

(14,881 posts)
90. the supremes may not take kindly to losing most of their power
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 05:56 PM
Jun 2015

ISDS overrides our judicial system.

They'll retain power only over that which doesn't impact business in any way, shape or form. If any law or regulation in any way impacts a corporation's potential profits, under TPP's version of ISDS, they can sue in a tribunal that can levy unlimited fines and seize public property to pay them.

The supreme court and our entire judicial system will be rendered irrelevent. They may just not appreciate being made redundant.

DebJ

(7,699 posts)
5. Wanted to post this on Facebook, but in a format people will read. Google doesn't come up with a
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:38 AM
Jun 2015

news story link. I'm the only person on my FB feed that would actually even skim a SCOTUS document.

csziggy

(34,189 posts)
40. Here is a story about it - with link
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:01 AM
Jun 2015
Johnson v. United States: part of Armed Career Criminal Act struck down by Supreme Court
Updated by Dara Lind on June 26, 2015, 10:31 a.m. ET

In the case Johnson v. United States, the Supreme Court just struck down a provision of the Armed Career Criminal Act that says that someone's past crimes count as "violent" if they involve a risk of serious injury to another person — even if the crime didn't actually involve violence.

The case was an 8-1 decision, but that's a little misleading. Six of the justices, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, ruled that the provision in question was "unconsitutionally vague." Another two felt that the provision was constitutional, but that owning a sawed-off shotgun shouldn't count.

The court has been gunning for this clause for a while — this is actually the fifth case in seven years dealing with it. For a while, they were waiting for Congress to fix it, but they've finally decided to strike it down.

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/8845183/johnson-united-states

logosoco

(3,209 posts)
6. The Supremes are on a ROLL this week!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:39 AM
Jun 2015

It feels like so much has been lifted, and now we can really get rolling!!!!

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
25. The Fifth Amendment just got a huge boost...this has very wide implications....think of the detained
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:48 AM
Jun 2015

Mexican families...where the due process is being unconstitutionally delayed due to lack of funding for courts and lawyers by the GOP blockade of Obama's funding request.

That is for starters off the top of my head, if the decision is interpreted broadly.

"No person...shall be derived of life, liberty or property without due process of law" are magical words.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
22. Will this mean those folks who are currently incarcerated under 3 strikes,
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:46 AM
Jun 2015

get a re-hearing on their sentence?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
32. My take is if any of previous of three strikes was a "violent felony" as defined, with a firearm, engaging the residual clause, and the accused was
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:52 AM
Jun 2015

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subject to an increased or minimum sentence due to the finding over and above the punishment for the actual third crime, the "residual clause", then there has to be a new sentencing hearing, or the increased punishment over and above the first punishment for the crime is illegal.

That is the narrow interpretation.

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
38. Interesting. I've read a few cases where folks are incarcerated for drug offenses
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:57 AM
Jun 2015

not violent, but their felony conviction was because of the amount of drugs...

We just have a ton of folks in prison because of overzealous drug convictions. I'd love to see those reviewed.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
47. I may be reading this too broadly, but the fact that the entire enhanced sentence provision is
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:18 AM
Jun 2015

struck down as being overly "vague", a death sentence for any law, means many cases will have to be resentenced, and this strikes at the heart of three strikes being used to increase sentences, the whole process being so vague as to violate due process rights.

csziggy

(34,189 posts)
41. It's more complex that we might think
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:03 AM
Jun 2015

From the article I linked to above (legitimate since I only posted three paragraphs there:

Meanwhile, there may be hundreds of federal prisoners who are serving longer sentences thanks to the clause the Supreme Court just struck down. (There are about 7,000 prisoners serving time under the Armed Career Criminal Act, but many of them probably qualified for the longer sentences under parts of the law that are still in place.) Many of them to have the ability to apply for reduced sentences. But the law here is pretty complicated, and the lower courts will have to figure out which ones can get their sentences reduced.
http://www.vox.com/2015/6/26/8845183/johnson-united-states

lark

(24,121 posts)
78. Don't we wish!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:35 PM
Jun 2015

However, it's not going to happen. This court went out of it's way to make the Citizens United ruling, 5-4 are pure corporatists, they are 100% in favor. The only way it will even possibly change is if we get a Dem president and one of the traitors retires or dies. Even then, it'd take a Dem Senate to approve a progressive nominee. Of course, Congress could make it much better by requiring full disclosure, that would stop the secrecy. However, as long as Repugs control House and Senate, this will never happen. Even Dem control might not be sufficient if enough of them are DINOS.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
33. I remember watching his wife cry at his confirmation hearing....
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:53 AM
Jun 2015

the display of conservative victim mentality was astonishing.

Renew Deal

(82,911 posts)
39. I started reading his dissent and that's not how it comes off at the beginning.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:58 AM
Jun 2015

He's basically saying that the court previously thought it was legal and is tired of dealing with these cases, so they threw it out. At least the beginning of the dissent is thoughtful.

JUSTICE ALITO, dissenting.
The Court is tired of the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) and in particular its residual clause. Anxious to rid our docket of bothersome residual clause cases, the Court is willing to do what it takes to get the job done. So brushing aside stare decisis, the Court holds that the residual clause is unconstitutionally vague even though we have twice rejected that very argument within the last eight years. The canons of interpretation get no greater respect. Inverting the canon that a statute should beconstrued if possible to avoid unconstitutionality, the Court rejects a reasonable construction of the residualclause that would avoid any vagueness problems, preferring an alternative that the Court finds to be unconstitutionally vague. And the Court is not stopped by the well-established rule that a statute is void for vagueness only if it is vague in all its applications. While conceding that some applications of the residual clause are straightforward, the Court holds that the clause is now void in its entirety. The Court’s determination to be done with residual clause cases, if not its fidelity to legal principles, is impressive.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
30. Damnit! this has been a great two days!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:52 AM
Jun 2015

ACA stays (though I've been a frequent critic), marriage equality and FINALLY striking down that damned 3 Strikes law which originated in my neck of the woods.

I can't figure out what to be more excited about! This country ain't dead yet, babies!

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
84. I'd forgetten about that!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:30 PM
Jun 2015

How many years have us progressives waited for news like this and it's all coming down at once!

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
31. Good. I am reeling form all these June decisions. Getting scared - waiting for the other shoe to
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:52 AM
Jun 2015

drop. Flags coming down, hate called into question, SCOTUS making good decisions, the Pope talking about Climate Change, Rs with 30 candidates. What is going on here?

I only hope it continues.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)
35. Lots of people in for long terms because of this...
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:55 AM
Jun 2015

My guess is, that most will be released. That third crime was often less than the first two, but because it was a felony, in some states it meant lifetime, or very long, like 25 years tacked on...Totally unfair, this one makes me happy too......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
37. If the lifetime-for-a-stolen-pizza guy were still alive,
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:57 AM
Jun 2015

as I think he's now deceased, he would have definitely been released, pronto.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
49. If one of the previous convictions involved a mere firearm possession then a resentencing should be automatic, that
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:20 AM
Jun 2015

is fairly clear from the decision, but the decision could be read more broadly as the entire underpinning for the enhanced sentence regime of the ACCA is struck down.

"The Armed Career Criminal Act is a federal variation of the "three strikes, you're out" laws that have been passed in several states — though in this case, it's closer to "four strikes." If someone has three violent felonies (or "serious" drug crimes) on his record, the law tacks an extra five years onto his fourth conviction.

The problem is what crimes count as "violent felonies" — since the law covers both state and federal crimes, and different states define violent crimes and felonies differently, it's not a term with a useful legal definition.

The law sets out some specific standards for "violent felonies." But it also included a catch-all, just in case: any crime that involves "conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another" gets counted as violent. That's the clause that the Supreme Court just struck down."

Spirochete

(5,264 posts)
42. Who are these guys?
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:06 AM
Jun 2015

... and what have they done with the real Supreme court? They've been out of control with all these good decisions, lately...

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
45. didn't expect that one
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:15 AM
Jun 2015

so does that mean people punished under the three strikes can get out now like say the husband of Tia Torres on Pit bull and Parolees who was put away because someone else under him was caught with an illegal drug. Yet because it was related to him it was his third strike.

Response to Fred Sanders (Original post)

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
58. so no more Three Strikes Law allowed? That law has put a lot of people in prisons for life.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:00 AM
Jun 2015

For very minor crimes. The very people police love to stop for a 'tail light out' excuse, or 'stop and search' and then get them on anything to jail them for life.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
63. The core decision is more narrow than that, confined to strike down the punitive "residual clause" on the
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:12 AM
Jun 2015

basis both of vagueness, as legally defined, and as a constitutional violation of the due process clause; I believe that the majority (6 to 3) used the Fifth Amendment to do so, thereby effecting the entirety of the legitimacy of the entire federal enhanced sentencing regime, and every other similar ones enacted by States.

More criminal law litigation to come regarding these constitutionally questionable enhanced sentencing regimes when legal beagles have done a full parsing.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
66. Not sure at all what you meant, but a narrow focus to strike down, '3-strike' I understand.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:30 AM
Jun 2015

I wonder if the 'for profit' local court and prisons can be done away with.

Similar to when Canada got rid of 'for profit' criminal justice system and prisons. Unconstitutional, against a prisoners basic civil rights.

yikes1

(22 posts)
59. three strikes your out
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:01 AM
Jun 2015

was that instituted under Clinton or bush? I always get the two mixed up, but good for the SCOTUS. they seemed to be doing great work this week!!

Hekate

(94,503 posts)
87. California's citizens voted it in as a Proposition on the ballot, iirc. Don't know about the rest...
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 05:03 PM
Jun 2015

...of the country.

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)
70. This is great! Do the 3-Strikers get released from their life sentences now?
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:16 PM
Jun 2015

But, knowing the RW5 there are really bad decisions coming. I hope I am wrong about that.

former9thward

(33,424 posts)
91. No they don't.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 06:26 PM
Jun 2015

First this affected federal prisoners not state. Second many will be re-sentenced but they were convicted of crimes which gave them long sentences anyway. Most of the posters have really misunderstood this case.

marble falls

(62,020 posts)
71. One of the most important rulings ever. A lot of sentences should be reduced over this...
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:17 PM
Jun 2015

will this ruling be retroactive or only into the future?

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
75. Criminal sentence laws that are ruled unconstitutional are retrospective as well, and retroactive to any current sentences being served.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:10 PM
Jun 2015

As well as prospective.

 

udbcrzy2

(891 posts)
80. Convicted Salinas rapist ordered to serve 156 years in prison
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 01:42 PM
Jun 2015

I wonder how it will for this guy?

Monterey County Judge Julie Culver said the prison sentence she handed down Tuesday was harsh, but said she believed it was necessary to protect the public from Horton’s predatory behavior.

Horton's now-estranged wife asked the court to impose the maximum sentence on behalf of herself and all of Horton’s past victims. The sentence was also enhanced under the Three Strikes Law.

http://www.ksbw.com/news/convicted-salinas-rapist-ordered-to-serve-156-years-in-prison/32851996
 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
93. OMG, how did I miss this?!?!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 08:36 PM
Jun 2015

Thank you for posting this!! I really appreciate it, this issue is very important to me.

Arkana

(24,347 posts)
94. Wow, that's actually a pretty big deal.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 08:36 PM
Jun 2015

Three strikes has gotten a lot of drug addicts thrown in jail for very long times.

colsohlibgal

(5,276 posts)
95. Finally, Way Overdue
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 08:39 PM
Jun 2015

No more people doing life for 3 convictions that are really minor.

And yes, Alito would likely have been at home with in Nazi Germany. When even Scalia doesn't dissent you know you have issues Mr. Alito.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,653 posts)
105. There are plenty of judges and state budget offices
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 06:45 PM
Jun 2015

that are thrilled about this. Judges don't like having their hands tied when it comes to sentencing and states are going broke incarcerating criminals that have life sentences because they've committed 3 nonviolent crimes. The private prison LOST!

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