United States v. Thomas Lee Farmer

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 1996-02-27

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RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge. On September 13, 1994, the so-called “three strikes and you’re out” proposal became a federal law. P.L. 103-322, Title VII, § 70001, 108 Stat. 1796 , 1982, codified as 18 U.S.C. § 3559 (c). The statute imposes a mandatory sentence of life in prison for persons convicted of thr…

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