"Three strikes functions not as retributive justice but as a regulative ideal: the articulated purpose of three strikes is less to punish wrongdoers than to quarantine degenerates, to protect the body politic from criminals as a physician protects a patient from cancerous cells."  Notes from the Outfield  
Regarding "Three Strikes" Criminal Sentencing Proposals  

Richard T. Ford 
 
 

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