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JUSTICE IS NO GAME:   A Briefing on Washington's 3-Strikes    Full Screen

Dan Satterberg King County Prosecuting Attorney	Larry Gossett King County Councilmember
David Conyers	Schawn Cruze	Michael Hoover
James Moody	Paul Rivers	John Wheeler
Stonney Rivers Larry Fisher	Bobbi Dreier Speaking about her friend Larry Fisher

ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN

In 1993, Washington became the first state in the nation to pass a 3-Strikes law. Voters approved I-593 on promises that it would keep the most violent people in Washington state behind bars permanently. Since then, the federal government and nearly half the states in the nation have passed similar laws.

The most common conviction triggering a life sentence under 3-Strikes in Washington State is Robbery 2, a crime in the lowest quarter of Washington's 16-level scale of seriousness at RCW 9.94A.515.

Research shows that the 3-Strikes laws have high cost, low effectiveness, and unintended consequences. Crime has been falling across the nation since 1993, the year Washington's 3-Strikes law was first approved by initiative. A Justice Policy Institute study shows that it has fallen faster in states that do not have Three Strikes laws. Washington's Three Strikes population is 40% African American, compared with a state population that is less than 4% African American.