The same people that fought for the 1994 passage of California's three-strikes law are leading a campaign to reform the legislation, writes Joe Domanick, journalism professor and senior fellow at USC Annenberg's Institute for Justice and Journalism, in a Sept. 21 Los Angeles Times Magazine cover story. The law, called "the toughest" in the nation by Newsweek, requires a minimum 25-year sentence for criminals convicted of three felonies. But high-profile critics of the law, including the grandfather of Polly Klaus, claim the law imprisons thousands for petty crimes.
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