[DOC] [TLE] Families Against Mandatory Minimums: FAMM [PAR] FAMM Applauds New Commutations, Blames '86 Drug Law for Need Read More 
  mollyvid. Unhappy Anniversary  NEW VIDEO Read More   donate. [DOC] [TLE] Common Sense for Drug Policy Examines Criminal Injustices ... [PAR] However, Washington's decision to review three-strikes cases and grant 
clemency to ... On July 22, 2009 Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) 
released a ... Drug policy and sentencing reform advocates, along with civil rights 
groups, .... According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, California's prison system 
holds... [DOC] [TLE] Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws ... [PAR] Mar 27, 2013 ... Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Shame of Three Strikes Laws ... dating back 
to 1981, the shoplifting charge counted as a third strike against him. ... by Three 
Strikes standards, as many others have been sentenced to life for ... California's 
Three Strikes law has its origins in a terrible event from October... [DOC] [TLE] Is the California Three Strike Law just? - Quora [PAR] Three Strikes laws are shortsighted and contribute to more problems in our legal 
system .... A lot of -- probably most of -- the points against mandatory minimum ... 
and Reduce Costs, Pew Center on the States, Public Safety Policy Brief (May 
2009) ... rhetoric into the nightmares of many tomorrows for judges and families. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Reasons to Oppose "3 Strikes, You're Out" | American Civil ... [PAR] Our crime rate is unacceptably high, and many Americans feel like prisoners in 
their own ... For more than past 20 years, state and federal crime control policies 
have been ... The 1987 Federal Sentencing Guidelines and mandatory minimum 
... law out of fear such laws would spur a dramatic increase in violence against... [DOC] [TLE] Sentencing: Mandatory and Mandatory Minimum Sentences ... [PAR] Mandatory sentencing laws require judges to sentence the convicted offender ... 
of the former type of mandatory minimum is the common three-strikes law, in 
which a ... Although the media's influence on policy is not clearly causalmany 
factors ... news commentators, groups like Families against Mandatory Minimums
, and... [DOC] [TLE] California "Three Strikes" Law Defined & Explained [PAR] Nov 26, 2012 ... Criminal defense lawyers explain California 'Three Strikes' Law, what felony 
crimes ... in California prisons.21 As many as 3,000 third strikers (a third of the 
total) may be eligible to ... On the other hand, some crimes, like residential 
burglary and robbery, are serious ..... Families Against Mandatory Minimums. [DOC] [TLE] Three-Strikes Laws: CQR [PAR] May 10, 2002 ... California's controversial three-strikes law sends repeat offenders to ... Advocates 
say such policies have cut crime, but critics say other reasons caused the decline
. .... Geri Silva, co-chair of Families Against California Three Strikes (FACTS). ... 
Under mandatory-minimum sentencing laws, when prosecutors... [DOC] [TLE] Mandatory Sentencing - Facts On File News Services [PAR] Aug 23, 2004 ... Some of the laws simply set a mandatory minimum sentence for a particular 
crime. ... should be used to rehabilitate offenders, as opposed to simply 
punishing them. ... Many critics have complained that the policy discriminates 
against ... In 1994, California's lawmakers passed a three-strikes law, which was
... [DOC] [TLE] Sentencing Policies and Practices in California - Oxford Handbooks [PAR] It first discusses California's sentencing policies and practices from 1970 ... It 
examines the declining crime rates in California and whether Three Strikes is ... 
The law imposes a mandatory minimum of 10 years if an offender used a gun in 
the .... the group of high-rate offenders who commit an extraordinary number of 
crimes. [DOC] [TLE] The NRA Is Talking Tough on Crime Again, Bipartisan Prison ... [PAR] Jun 6, 2016 ... It is a tested tactic, but this time the gun lobbying group is at odds ... who has said 
he opposes sentencing reforms, and against Clinton. The former Secretary of 
State has joined many Democrats in opposing mandatory minimums, arguing .... 
NRA mostly needs is the rhetoric of tough on crime

Question: The group Families Against Mandatory Minimums opposes policies like California's this many strikes rule
Answer: 3