Another Inmate View
This is in response to John Orr’s article, “Inmate: Follow Through on ‘3 Strikes,” ’ Oct. 31.
I’m sitting in a county jail looking down both barrels of a three-strikes case. I could get 25 years to life for allegedly trying to pass a bad check, possession of stolen property and possession of about a tenth of a gram of methamphetamine. Personally, I don’t feel that any of these crimes warrant a life sentence.
My past is checkered, that’s obvious. Yet I still agree that a three-strikes law, written correctly, would indeed benefit society.
Orr is correct when he says “The public should not have to tolerate violent, despicable behavior.” I hope he’s referring to himself. To me, a person who used his job as a Glendale fire chief to commit arson is much more diabolical than the average criminal. It is ironic that this guy who violated the trust of the public is now so adamant to protect same.
RICHARD THOMPSON
Santa Ana
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