Topic: We should abolish the three-strikes laws
three strike laws can put young people away for life for 3 small crimes
Three strike laws count insignificant crimes like drug use, and result in unfair jail time sentences.
three strike laws do not take into account the passage of time and lessons learned from previous and possibly unrelated offenses.  automatic three strikes are unfair
three strike laws don't take into account individual cases and restrict a judge to sanctioned sentencing.
three strike laws get repeat offenders off the streets, making them safer for the citizens.
Three strike laws keep people who've killed a lot off the street.
three strike laws perpetuate the for profit prison industrial complex and don’t actually address the underlying issues driving people to commit crimes
three strike laws provide standardized sentencing for repeat criminals and help move cases through an overcrowded court system.
three strike laws serve in the public interest
Three strike laws take habitual offenders off the street, reducing overall crime.
three strike laws won’t stop repeat offenders from committing crimes
three strikes allows someone to make a genuine mistake and not be punished as harshly right away.
three strikes implies that all crimes are equally harmful and doesn't allow for flexibility in sentencing. one size does not fit all.
three strikes is enough opportunity for a person to reform their behavior and become a law abiding citizen. after three strikes a person has proven they are not interested in conforming to societal rules.
three strikes is too many and dangerous criminals will be on the loose again too quickly.
three strikes is too many in some cases.  if people know they have three chances, they will not be deterred from using that to their advantage.
three strikes is too many, two strikes is quite enough
three strikes law helps reduce over crowding on prisons
three strikes law would deliver a clear message to the offender. so he thinks twice before committing a crime.
Three strikes laws abolish political will the creation and funding of rehabilitation programs by pushing everyone into the jail system immediately.
Three strikes laws are a deterrent for repeat offenders because they don't want to spend their life in prison.
three strikes laws are a powerful crime deterrent. people think twice before committing a crime if they know the results lead you to spend your life in prison.
Three strikes laws are difficult to understand or conceptualize, so they are ineffective at preventing crime.
Three strikes laws are expensive because they increase how long people are incarcerated which must be paid for by tax payers.
three strikes laws are fair and just because there is no room for interpretation.  a person knows the third offense and they are going to be hit harder.
Three strikes laws are perfectly constitutional since the punishment isn't unusual and they are proportional to frequency of crime if not intensity of criminal action.
Three strikes laws are unconstitutional because they impose punishments that are disproportional to the crime.