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otippat | 3 years ago

I don't think three-strikes laws exist anywhere other than in the US to be honest.

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hemloc_io|3 years ago

noone else is as beholden to baseball metaphors as us.

There's even judges who love baseball so much they quote it in opinions lol.

asddubs|3 years ago

when will the sport of baseball stop wreaking havoc on the justice system at last?

justnotworthit|3 years ago

Whenever someone goes in a long baseball analogy to make a point, i start looking around the room uncomfortably.

p-e-w|3 years ago

But whether it's a repeat offense is taken into account by almost every criminal justice system. A first-time thief might get off with a light sentence by claiming that they needed money and made a stupid mistake. That's not going to fly when it happens for the third time.

tzs|3 years ago

New Zealand had one until last month, when it was repealed. Their ACT and National parties have said they will bring it back if they ever get a chance.

I don't know enough about New Zealand politics to know if those parties have a chance of actually doing so.

rodgerd|3 years ago

They're sleepwalking to a win in the next election, sadly[1].

[1] I say sadly, less because I like the current government, and more because they seem desperate to import Bannon-esque culture war nonsense like attacking women's rights.