Conference Committee meeting on "Habitual Offender" ("Three Strikes") legislation
Thursday, January 12 at 2:30 pm, 4th Floor Rom 413. Judiciary conference committee members meet to reconcile bills which already passed (H3818 and S2080). Senate bill delays parole eligibility. House bill allows any of 688 felonies, including many non-violent offenses, to count toward the "3 strikes." See http://blackstonian.com for details, and points below excerpted from materials prepared by Prisoners’ Legal Services.
This legislation will have grave impacts on communities of color, and burden the state's taxpayers with least $75 million in additional costs -- without increasing public safety. "Three strikes" bills in other states have been proven to be very costly and ineffective.