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Justices ponder California three strikes law in clash over cruelty
The Supreme Court debated whether California’s three strikes law is constitutional for locking up petty criminals for life. Justices weighed limits on long sentences for minor offenses as they consider striking down the 1994 policy that has been credited with reducing crime but criticized as excessive punishment.
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