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Three strikes laws increase the state of incarceration, pushing America into a more authoritarian state.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws increase violence against law enforcement since an accused criminal facing the potential for a life sentence is more likely to fight back against law enforcement to escape.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three strikes laws keeps our communities safe by locking up repeat offenders
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three strikes laws lack nuance and fail to evaluate circumstances around crimes committed.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws lead to more people being put in jail which ends up being a burden on tax-payers and federal funding.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws lead to prison over-population since more offenders are put away for a longer time. This leads to worse prison conditions and more violence in prisons.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three strikes laws lock up those who don't learn from their past
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws make conviction harder because juries do not want to put people into jail for long periods when they haven't committed serious crimes.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three strikes laws make people less likely to be repeat offenders due to harsher punishments.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws misdiagnose the root problem in the criminal justice system by targeting people who have already committed crimes instead of working to keep people from committing them in the first place.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws often punish those who have been pushed into crime by their socioeconomic background, which is unjust.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws prevent judges from having flexibility that would allow them to assign rehabilitation programs that would be more effective than jail.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws prevent judicial discretion by preventing judges from considering mitigating/extenuating circumstances in sentencing, which unjustly punishes people who deserve lower sentences only because of the number of crimes they've committed.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws put people in jail for long periods despite committing only minor offenses.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws reduce the amount of felony arrests.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws reduce the power of judges and discretion in the court room, making judgments shallower.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three strikes laws ruin young people's lives by preventing them from being accessing education and jobs that would pull them out of a life of crime by prolonging their time in jail during their formative years.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three -strikes laws take discretion away from judges. a person committing a minor crime could be sentenced to life if he had a criminal history from long ago. these laws backlog our courts, cram our prisons.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three strikes laws unfairly target non violent offenders when they get multiple drug charges
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws do not act as a sufficient deterrent, people who commit crimes should be imprisoned earlier
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws are intolerant of special circumstances.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws are more than fair and are necessary to get the point across those who are repeat offenders that the same crime cannot be repeated without additional consequences.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws are too harsh when the felonies are for non violent crimes such as prostitution and tax fraud.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strike laws disproportionately affect minorities in that they target low-impact street crime as opposed to high-impact white collar crimes.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws ensure that serious repeat offenders are dealt with as strongly as possible to ensure the safety of the public and punish their crimes accordingly.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws give a clear message to offenders who may be in danger of re-offending, that doing so would be met with more severity than their first offense. that way it works as a clear deterent.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws inhibit the possibility of rehabilitation by giving increasingly severe sentences, until life is the final option.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws keep repeat offenders from being let out after a very short prison term. it will prevent many serious crimes.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strike laws lead to expensive trials. Three-strike offenders will demand a court trial rather than accept a plea bargain (which costs a fraction of the price of a full-blown trial).
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws minimize the prison population and are beneficial
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws seriously limit the ability of offenders to be rehabilitated in society by giving them increasingly severe sentences that ultimate result in lifetime incarceration.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws should be abolished as it negatively impact minorities and people of color who are more likely to commit crime due to poverty issues.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws should be abolished because employers abuse the legislation
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike laws should not be abolished because they enable employers to act rapidly to dismiss staff who act inappropriately
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strike offenders are habitual criminals and should be treated as such
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes does not take in to account mitigating circumstances
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes law is a primary obligation of the criminal justice system to establish clear and certain penalties for crime
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws act as a very effective deterrent to crime, and this zero tolerance approach has been been responsible for making cities far safer.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are a major reason for overcrowding in our prison system.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws are a necessary tool to get the most violent offenders off the streets and keep them from harming more people.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are an example of institutional racism, as they are disproportionately applied to minority offenders for petty crimes.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are effective in deterring repeat offenses and should not be abandoned.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws are incredibly racist.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are ineffective in reducing the recidivism rate.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are inherently flawed as per their definition, people are judged seriously at their third strike. thus even if the first strike is a serious strike, bad person could go scot-free.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are not well designed for our criminal justice. any crime is crime even minor one. any offender should face the justice
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are overly draconian, and result in overcrowded prisons and judicial miscarriages.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are overly harsh and do not take nuance into account.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws are too harsh and lack the nuance needed to truly ensure the punishment fits the crime.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws are too harsh. Many people who have committed non-violent felonies - and in some cases, misdemeanors - have been given mandatory life sentences.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws avoid putting non-serious crime offenders in jails
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws can act as a deterrent for serial criminal behavior.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws can disproportionally penalise minor offenders and addicts, causing overcrowding in prisons some of these people need help, not draconian punishment.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws can help keep the violent and unruly off of the streets of regular society.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws can lead to extreme punishments that don't fit the crime
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws clog the court systems. Defendants will take their cases to trial, rather than accept a plea bargain, in an attempt to avoid a life sentence.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws criminals who can't be rehabilitated off the streets.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws don't consider the proportionality of the crimes committed and would offer disproportionate punishment to people who commit petty crimes.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws don't set out what they intended to do, lower prison populations and crime rates, they need to be abolished
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws have been proven to lower crime rates, since they act as an excellent deterrent to unlawful behaviour across the spectrum.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws have lowered crime rates in many areas
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws have proven to be effective in reducing crime
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws have the potential to increase violence against law enforcement officers facing criminals who are more likeyto resist arrest if facing a mandatory life sentence
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws help people realize that what they did was wrong and change their ways before they end up in jail for life.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws increase overcrowding in prisons by incarcerating, for life, three-strike offenders.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws increase taxpayer costs by increasing the number of prisoners imprisoned for life, a very costly expense.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws increase the likelihood that twice-convicted felons would resist arrest violently, leading to increased violence against police officers, as well as potential harm to bystanders.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws keep the worst of the worst criminals off the streets
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws lead to overcrowded prisons which simply costs too much money to house inmates for life after committing three crimes.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws lead to overcrowding in prisons, as less serious offences become punishable by incarceration.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws makes criminals less likely to reoffend.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws my wrongfully imprison someone whose crime wasn't minor and absolutely not worth a life sentence.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws often lead to harsh punishments that do not fit their crimes
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws overtax the prison system but overloading them with non-violent criminals who could be otherwise rehabilitated.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws promote safety by keeping habitual offenders in jail and off the streets.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws reduce recidivism rates.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Three-strikes laws reduce the rate of crime in a community.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws remove violent, repeat offenders from the public and reduces crime rates in areas that adopt such laws.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws should be allowed to continue as its a important part of the justice system and it allows people to be able to learn from their lessons.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes laws should not be abolished because they are effective at lowering the overall crime rate.
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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three-strikes punishes repeat offenders
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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Through faith, missionaries are able to develop deep relationships with the communities they serve and help bring much-needed social change to third-world countries.
We should ban missionary work
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time for prayer and reflection is important in today's hectic society; it should be encouraged not prohibited.
We should prohibit school prayer
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to achieve true equality we should allow women to join men in fighting wars
We should prohibit women in combat
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to adopt atheism would be to abandon the strength given by faith and the interesting differences of religions which create a more diverse world.
We should adopt atheism
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to allow people to deny and forget something historical, that ample evidence proves happened, could allow history to repeat itself.
Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
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To ban missionary work is to ban religion.
We should ban missionary work
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to bring religion into helping the poor and vulnerable is taking advantage.
We should ban missionary work
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to choose to commit the same offence three times shows a lack of responsibility and punishment should be a deterrent
We should abolish the three-strikes laws
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to deny history and not learn from mistakes opens the door for history to repeat itself.
Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
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to deny the holocaust allows for the increase of hate crimes and disregards the lives of so many who have been brutally murdered.
Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
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to deny the holocaust is to give free entrance to the fascists
Holocaust denial should be a criminal offence
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to feed an ever growing population, factory farming brings a sustainable way of rearing animals taking up less land.
We should ban factory farming
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to kill no matter what, god has not forgiven
We should ban targeted killing
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to legalize cannabis would be to tell people that it is safe to use, which is untrue, which would result in many more using it and an epidemic in psychological problems
We should legalize cannabis
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to meet production farms will overfeed their stock and treat animals in brutal ways to say nothing of the spread of disease
We should ban factory farming
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to prohibit school prayer would be to ban a moment of all coming together and feeling part of something powerful which fortifies children against hard times.
We should prohibit school prayer
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to protect those who do not understand the law the use of public defenders should be mandatory.
The use of public defenders should be mandatory
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to take a religious message to helping the vulnerable is overstepping boundaries. help by all means, but do it in a non relgious way.
We should ban missionary work
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to think that legalizing cannabis reduces profits to the traffic business is a candidate idea, and about its medicinal use, we still need to know what effects it would have on people's health in the long term.
We should legalize cannabis
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