Three strikes
Subtitle: helpful or hurtful?
By: ABC News Productions
Contributors: Marquez, Laura; ABC News Productions; Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 22
Subjects: Prison sentences; Mandatory sentences; Recidivists
Other titles: Nightline (Television program)
Description: Since the "three strikes" laws went on the books, the resultant overcrowded prisons, judges with restricted discretion, and lack of adequate treatment for drug offenders have prompted a debate over the effectiveness of the laws. This program investigates whether "three strikes" is helpful or hurtful by highlighting one woman's case in California, and Alabama's attempt to cope with an escalating prison population.
Notes: DVD release of the original television program: ABC News Nightline, broadcast on April 2, 2004.

Host: Chris Bury ; correspondent: Laura Marquez.

DVD.