California enacted a Three Strikes Law in 1994 in response to several high profile cases including the murders of Kimber Reynolds and Polly Klaas but repeat felons. The law has been eroded over time and many of the charges that were considered strikes no longer are. Is this change good for public safety? What are the ramifications of easing the Three Strikes Law?

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia