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California man gets eight years for stealing cheese Robert Ferguson was sentenced under the 'three strikes' law, as critics again plea for reform of state's overcrowded prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

California man gets eight years for stealing cheese Robert Ferguson was sentenced under the 'three strikes' law, as critics again plea for reform of state's overcrowded prisons Wednesday 3 March 2010 The Guardian Daniel Nasaw A California man has been sentenced to up to eight years in prison for stealing a $3.99 (£2.60) bag of shredded cheese in a case critics say shows the need for reform of the state's criminal justice system and the overcrowded state of its prisons. Robert Ferguson, who prosecutors say has a nearly 30-year record of convictions for burglary and other offences, avoided a life sentence under the state's controversial "three strikes" law after a psychological evaluation deemed him bipolar and unable to control his impulses to steal, the Sacramento Bee reported...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 04, 2010 (boomark / email).