The article I chose was the article about the three strikes law in California about repeat offenders. One counter claim that could be made is that people all deserve a second chance and people make mistakes, but the same argument could be made for a serial killer or a terrorist. If you don’t want to go to prison then don’t commit the crime. “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime”. Another argument that can be made in defense of the criminals is that they were addicted to drugs and they did it to feed their addiction. People don’t need to commit crimes, I am sure that there are people who had problems with drugs that never had to revert to illegal extracurricular activities, it is an addiction but if you had to steal to feed it then the addiction isn’t worth it. Besides a drug addict isn’t forced to take the drug, they made the decision or choice to use drugs either without considering the consequences or they knew what would happen and they are just reaping what they sow, but ignorance and disregard for their personal welfare are not justifiable excuses for violating another citizens constitutional rights. In America every single citizen has the right to life, property, and the pursuit of happiness, someone who violates that is breaking the law and should be punished. If they do it once a normal punishment is acceptable I guess but if they do it again and again it is wrong to let them go, it wasn’t their things they stole they had no right to those things but they took them any way.
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