life sentences for shoplifting, OK

Pregerson, appointed by President Carter in 1979, is likely a solid vote against President Bush's spy case appeal.

At 83, he even snubs the U.S. Supreme Court. He rules against lifetime prison terms under California's three-strikes law, the nation's most strict sentencing statute, despite the high court having declared that life sentences for shoplifting and other pretty crimes is not cruel and unusual punishment.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/

http://tinyurl.com/2p5yro

Calf. life sentences for SHOPLIFTING...INSANE.


Gerald