Three Strikes Law Case Study

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The best solution to an increase in crime rates in New Mexico would be to implement a stronger three strikes law because putting the repeat offenders behind bars for committing the violent crime that is dangerous to the society, which is one step closer to improving the problem. The tougher three strikes law would have the mandatory longer prison time for the criminals which is definitely needed to reform the three strikes law in New Mexico. However, if we do not happen to make the three strikes law tougher in New Mexico, we will significantly see an increase in the violent crime rate in the future which might become difficult to control later as it will become so wider than before. I believe it is still better to make the law harsher because …show more content…

Being soft on crime is another offer to rise crime rate because the offenders would know that there is no one to stop them, so they can do anything they want. In 2012-2013, New Mexico City has seen an increase in crimes rate, especially when the three strikes law was very weak and was not enough to take off the criminals from the streets. In 2012-2013, Susana Martinez sees an increase in crime rate that rose by 6.6% (Kent and Froehlich). After seeing the increase in crime rate, Susana Martinez decided to announce that the only way we will be able to reduce the crime rates of the state is by pushing for tougher three strikes law in New Mexico and change some crimes to misdemeanors. I agree that making the three strikes law tougher is not that simple. However, the only way we will be able to get out of that problem is by getting strict on the law as there is no other way, I seem to find that would work best to solve this problem in New …show more content…

The solution to this problem would definitely a big relief for New Mexico community because they would have one less thing to worry about especially when people go out alone and it would absolutely make the city shine more on a safe side, than before. It is very shocking to know that there are still some people out there in the world who are tolerating all the violent crime, and still taking no action against them, it is only the state of New Mexico, senators and governors who are willing to do something to decrease the crime rate. We all need to put this agony to an end as soon as possible, if we keep tolerating all these violent crimes to ourselves, this would be one of the biggest crimes we are committing to ourselves. If you want to stop all the toleration by criminals in the state or nationally, you should go vote for tougher three strikes law on www.sos.state.nm.us where you can register for 2016 voting session. Along with voting you can also donate for the New Mexico victims at http://donatelifenm.org/ , and keep continuing the good deeds for your

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