What is the impact of the Three Strikes Law on sentencing of repeat offenders?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gadsden, D075939 (Cal. App. 2020):
The Three Strikes Law was intended to restrict a court's discretion by establishing a constrained sentencing scheme for repeat offenders. (People v.
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