The Three Strikes Law (#504)

Three strikes and you're in for life. That's the three year old law that puts repeat felons behind bars for 35 years or more. Does it make sense? Is it constitutional? Is it fair? Is it accomplishing what its authors intended? On this edition of Due Process, we go to New Jersey State Prison to meet a three strikes lifer whose record shows no violence, and we bring a prosecutor, a professor, and a criminal defense attorney together in the studio to argue the three strikes issues.

Guests:

Dr. Candace McCoy
Professor, Rutgers University- School of Criminal Justice

John Kaye
Prosecutor, Monmouth County

Cathy Walder
Criminal Defense Attorney
Past President of the Assn. Of Crminal Defense Attorneys of NJ