Pubdate: Sat, 10 April 1999 Source: Los Angeles Times (CA) Copyright: 1999 Los Angeles Times. Contact: (213) 237-4712 Website: http://www.latimes.com/ Forum: http://www.latimes.com/HOME/DISCUSS/ Author: Barrington A. S. Daltrey, Attorney, Riverside Effectiveness of 3 Strikes Law I wish we would stop being fools about fighting crime. Three strikes laws, longer sentences and restrictions on prisoner rights are only kneejerk responses that have made the U.S. in general and California in specific the most repressive "nations" on Earth. Ultimately, we will all either be inmates or jailers. People should support SB 79 and other legislation that rolls back the evil we wrongly refer to as a "justice system." BARRINGTON A. S. DALTREY Attorney, Riverside - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake