The Third Strike

2020

Action / Crime / Documentary / News

IMDb Rating 4.1/10 10 16 16

Plot summary

A deep dive into the 1980's war on drugs that led directly to the three-strikes laws that locked up even petty offenders for lifetime sentences.

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Nicole Jones

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1 hr 14 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by imseeg 8 / 10

Life in prison for three petty nonviolent crimes in a row.

In 1986 the anti-drug abuse act was passed by the U. S. congress which directly led to the three strikes law. This law which was also known as the anti crack cocaine law disproportionally affected poor, drug addicted people for minor NON violent drug possesion or drug dealing offences, for which they could get LIFE IN PRISON, if only they had 3 minor (non violent) convictions in a row.This documentary shows several mindboggling examples of men being sent to prison for life, who hadnt done anything worse than having possesion of marihuana (weed), which is nowadays legal to grow, sell and posess in half of the states in America. Calls for releasing those who were imprisoned back then for these minor drug possesion offences are now mounting.The so called "War on Drugs" in the eighties and nineties was inadvertently a war on our own friends and family members who were drug addicted or poor. Drug addiction is a disease, which needs to be treated by doctors, not criminalized by police force. Poverty needs to be alleviated by raising the minimum wage, not by giving LIFE IN PRISON to those poor folks, who do 3 petty NONVIOLENT offences in a row.This documentary gives a face to a few out of many who are incarcerated for LIFE IN PRISON for only having committed 3 petty NONVIOLENT offences in a row, for which they would have gotten a small fine or a community service sentence in any other western country.
Reviewed by jackkern-862-993699 1 / 10

The Repeat Offenders are What Break Up Families...

The Repeat Offenders are What Breaks Up Families, and even Worse, they bring Harm and Grief to the Families of the Victims! I Care about the Victims First, not the Offenders.It Sickens much of America to have to listens to these people in Numerous documentaries about the subject of Crime make excuses for anyone based on their skin color! Enough! Crime knows no Race, it has been and always will be everywhere, but it must be dealt with via the Law and Not based on skin color or race.Why are 50% of all violent crimes in the United States committed by only 13% of the population? These are the questions that must be asked and the answers can Only come from within a failing community!
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