Sentence examples for strikes provision from inspiring English sources

As for the crime bill, which included a "three strikes" provision that mandated life terms for criminals convicted of violent crimes even if their other two offenses were nonviolent, Clinton himself has apologized for it, saying that the policy "made the problem worse".

In 2012, California voters approved Proposition 36, which led to the amendment of the three strikes provision of the 1994 crime bill.

First, the three strikes provision encompasses only part of the Joint Drug Agreement.

The Prison Litigation Reform Act passed in 1996 in response to this perception about inmate lawsuits (a case involving an inmate who sued over receiving the wrong type of peanut butter was referenced often during its consideration)—includes a "three strikes" provision.

The G.O.O.D. Music president pointed to her promise to curb mass incarceration, although many say that issue was exacerbated by her husband's signing of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the "three strikes" provision that came with it.

Many voters have held the devastating effects of Bill Clinton's 1994 omnibus crime bill and its "three-strikes" provision, which led to mass incarceration, against the candidate.

In that session, lawmakers approved a number of changes to the criminal justice system and toughened penalties for such offenses as home burglaries and home invasions, but did not pass a three-strikes provision.

One of the Democrats who crossed party lines and voted in favor of the three-strikes provision, State Senator Thomas P. Gaffey of Meriden, represents Cheshire, in central Connecticut, where the home invasion that prompted the new measures occurred on July 23, leaving Jennifer Hande-Petit and her two daughters dead.

There is a two-strike provision, as well: those convicted of a second felony receive a doubled sentence.

The local said it had agreed to a "no-strike provision" for the six core stagehands that work at Merkin, which is part of the Kaufman Center.

In taking that stand, however, they were staging an illegal strike because they were violating the no-strike provision that is implied in their labor contract.