Report: Suspected killer of 4 benefited from leniency
The Los Angeles Times has a good piece today about John Wesley Ewell, the man accused of killing four people, including three people in Hawthorne and a woman in Harbor Gateway.
As the story says, Ewell had complained to reporters -- not me, unfortunately -- over the years about the unfairness of the state's three strikes law.
He even spoke out against it on the Montell Williams Show. He feared that with two strikes, he might commit another small crime and go to prison forever under the tough law.
The Times, however, found he benefited from the law's lenience for 16 years.
Check out the story.
As the story says, Ewell had complained to reporters -- not me, unfortunately -- over the years about the unfairness of the state's three strikes law.He even spoke out against it on the Montell Williams Show. He feared that with two strikes, he might commit another small crime and go to prison forever under the tough law.
The Times, however, found he benefited from the law's lenience for 16 years.
Check out the story.
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