Comments on Advance Indiana™: Kennedy Scores With "3 Strikes" Hit

To use the 3 strikes against misdemeanors doesn't ...

2006-09-03T15:59:00.000-05:00

To use the 3 strikes against misdemeanors doesn't seem like that would solve the problem. Then we would only have over crowded jails with people that are not a threat to the public. There are plenty of those in jail now that will never be released while we have murders that are doing less time then someone that has a drug problem which is what has led to their incarseration for the rest of their life but has never harmed a soul but did have a drug problem, along with not having a criminal record.

In conjuntion with the previous post, the name to ...

2006-09-03T15:53:00.000-05:00

In conjuntion with the previous post, the name to check on would be Micheal S Keller. Look at this record on him and was released with a 3 strikes against him with a ankle bracelet.

Here is another to check out why the 3 strikes was...

2006-09-03T15:50:00.000-05:00

Here is another to check out why the 3 strikes wasn't used on. He was just found guilty for Murder, Felony Murder, 2 counts of Arson, Drug charges and robbery. If the 3 strikes would have been used with him he would have never been out on the streets to commit this crime. But instead the courts released him and let him have an ankle bracelet which he cut off. Check out his criminal record, over 15/20 prior arrest.

Very thoughtful posts.Who expects this campaign to...

2006-08-16T06:06:00.000-05:00

Very thoughtful posts.

Who expects this campaign to be based on logic?

Not me.

Just raw, dirty, expensive politics.

Kennedy wins the first inning. Eigiht more to go. And I've seen Carl work--he can go to the gutter witih the ebst of them.

Jeff said, "So you're advocating for filling the p...

2006-08-15T21:25:00.000-05:00

Jeff said, "So you're advocating for filling the prisons up with drug dealers? Isn't that trading one problem for another?"

That's what Kennedy is advocating, not me. You raise a very valid point Jeff concerning Brizzi's policy. It may be one that he will have trouble defending in the heat of a campaign with so much focus on rising crime.

So you're advocating for filling the prisons up wi...

2006-08-15T20:52:00.000-05:00

So you're advocating for filling the prisons up with drug dealers? Isn't that trading one problem for another?

The way I read this post, Brizzi chooses not to pursue the 3-strikes enhancements for misdemeanors; presumably he makes no such exceptions for felonies. This seems reasonable to me.

Based on his priors could anything as heinous as what James Stewart did have been predicted? I suppose we don't really have enough information to answer that question, but DUI's and drug offenses don't seem to be the type of busts that would have lead anyone to believe this man was so dangerous.

There is a risk of anyone using this issue like th...

2006-08-15T20:47:00.000-05:00

There is a risk of anyone using this issue like the way Bush used the Willie Horton issue. Recall that African-American voters found the use of Willie Horton to highlight Dukakis' weekend furlough program, which allowed hardened criminals to go out on the street and commit heinous crimes, as racially motivated. Kennedy could wind up offending her base voters if she is not careful.

This is Carl Brizzi's Willie Horton.

2006-08-15T19:47:00.000-05:00

This is Carl Brizzi's Willie Horton.