‘3-Strikes’ Law
Re “3 Strikes and You’re Out of Room,” George Skelton’s column, April 25: The first report issued by the Council on Crime in America, co-chaired by Griffin Bell and William Bennett, determined that the cost of criminal victimization in this country is $486 billion per year. The report also contends that Americans are “plagued by revolving-door justice. . . . The justice system imprisons barely one criminal for every 100 violent crimes.”
The report also contends that a large fraction of all violent crime is committed by a relatively small group of repeat criminals. “Three strikes” allows society to keep these dangerous predators off the streets and behind bars. “Three strikes” is doing what it should and should not be blamed for the bloated cost of prison construction in California.
JACKIE RAVEL
Sun Valley
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