Critics of Three-Strikes Laws Argue That

Critics of three-strikes laws argue that:

A) defendants facing lengthy mandatory sentences would be more likely to avoid plea bargaining and demand trials, thereby slowing the processing of cases.
B) convicted offenders would serve long terms of incarceration and thus explode prison populations.
C) no one should be punished beyond a five-year maximum prison term.
D) defendants facing lengthy mandatory sentences would be more likely to avoid plea bargaining and demand trials, thereby slowing the processing of cases, and convicted offenders would serve long terms of incarceration and thus explode prison populations.