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GUEST: Geri Silva, Executive Director of Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes

In November 2006 a 33 year old man named James Hoover was sentenced to life in prison. He pleaded guilty in October to three counts of first-degree robbery. Hoover was previously convicted of two robbery counts, so this was his “third strike” under the California’s so-called Three Strikes Law. James Hoover is the latest person to be convicted under the draconian law. Unless the law is reformed or repealed, he will never have a chance for release. Hoover joins 4,400 men and women who are serving 25 years to life in prison under Three Strikes. Members of the grassroots group, Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes, or FACTS, had campaigned on behalf of a ballot measure that would amend the law to punish only the most violent criminals. The law failed by a narrow margin after an intense ad campaign by Governor Schwarzenegger that distorted the details of the measure. Members of FACTS are remembering their family members in prison this holiday season.

For more information, call 213-746-4844.

Donations to FACTS can be made out to “FACTS Education Fund” and mailed to:

FACTS
3982 S. Figueroa St.
Ste. 209
Los Angeles, CA 90037