Pubdate: Sun, 10 May 1998 Source: Calgary Sun (Canada) Contact: http://www.canoe.ca/CalgarySun/ Comment: Parenthetical remarks by the Sun editor : headline by hawk CALIFORNIA'S THREE Strikes Law provides a strong incentive to eliminate witnesses. Any lawbreaker aware enough to be deterred by 25 to life for a third felony can figure out that it is in his or her best interest to kill witnesses of that third-strike offense. Because of Three Strikes, California is incarcerating people for decades to life for stealing a pizza or pair of blue jeans. Don't look to the U.S. for intelligent law-enforcement policy. Rose Ann Fuhrman (The guy who stole the piece of pizza was very violent and he forcefully stole the pizza from a little boy.) - ---