The three strikes law requires a person who is convicted of a felony offense and who has one or two other previous serious felony convictions to serve a mandatory life sentence in prison, with or without parole depending on the jurisdiction. Some issues raised are that this law, for example, in California has placed low-level felony offenders in prison for 25 years to a life sentence. The question raised is if this law is actually reducing crime, increasing crime, creating an overcrowding issue, etc. Many non-violent felony offenders have been placed in prison on a 25 year to life sentence. For this video assignment, watch the video and answer the questions below:

1. Do you believe the three strikes law is effective?

2. Do you believe the three strikes law is fair or unfair? Why do you feel this way?

3. Do you think our society lives in fear because of our Houston crime rate? Who or what inflicts the fear on our society? Explain.

https://youtu.be/k_hTTiT0ATA