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June 1, 2023 68 mins
Do you ever wonder how certain laws come to be? Something must happen to set the wheels in motion, right? In this episode, we dive into the case of Polly Klaas, a child abduction/murder case. While Polly's death was not the outcome that anyone had hoped for, her parents used their situation to impact sentencing laws for repeat offenders. But this law has proven controversial. What's your take?SourcesThe FBI Files, Season 1, Episode 1Parents’ Plea: Free our Polly https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-17-mn-46876-story.html California Rethinking '3-Strikes' Sentencing https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/24/us/california-rethinking-3strikes-sentencing.html Crime Junkie, PRECEDENT: Polly Klaas 5/9/22The Guardian: Polly Klaas’s murder fueled the 90s crime panic. Her sisters fear ‘we’re repeating history’ by Sam Levinhttps://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/22/polly-klaas-sisters-criminal-justice-mass-incarcerationThree Strikes in California: Committee on Revision of Penal Codehttps://www.capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Three-Strikes-in-California.pdf
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