Word: parolee
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Even for the increasingly sensational network magazine shows, the ghoulish display last week was something of a milestone. In addition to the Manson hour -- the first weekly episode of ABC's new Turning Point series -- serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and his father were brought together for a session on Dateline...
...controversial sentencing bill known as "three strikes, you're out" was signed into law by California Governor Pete Wilson. Enacted in the wake of a national furor over the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas, allegedly by a parolee, the measure would lock up third-time violent felons for life without parole...
Under the bill, called the Act Relative to the Punishment of Habitual Violent Criminals, any person who has committed three violent crimes--including murder, armed robbery, rape or kidnapping--would be imprisoned for life Without possibility of parole.
Miller said Sullivan has several warrants out for his arrest and is on parole. The case is expected to go top trial, the sergeant said.
Under either of the two "three strikes" schemes the Senate has already passed (the House has yet to act), a violent felon could be sent to prison for life without the possibility of parole if he committed a third, federal crime following two previous state convictions. As currently written, three...