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Ewing v. California

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The Importance of Recidivism in California

Roxanne Jones: Ewing was convicted of felony grand theft for stealing nearly $1,200 worth of merchandise after previously having been convicted of at least two violent or serious felonies. "It's easier to defend aggressive laws against repeat offenders in the abstract than it is to justify giving a guy 25 to life for stealing three golf clubs," she says. 'I think these are the same five justices in majority who ignore the legislature in Castle Rock, V. Gonzalez'

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