Jackson, Garcetti Discuss Differences on ‘3 Strikes’ Law
After a cordial meeting, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and Dist. Atty. Gil Garcetti agreed Thursday to disagree about the value and impact of the state’s “three strikes” law.
After the 90-minute meeting in his office, Garcetti reaffirmed his support for the 1994 law, which mandates a sentence of 25 years to life in prison for a third felony conviction. He called it “a good law and a fair law.”
In a separate news conference, Jackson called the law unjust and an “expensive non-remedy” for crime.
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