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Ramirez v. Castro, No. 02-56066 (9th Cir.) (365 F.3d 755) (April 19, 2004) (Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw)

Loaded on March 1, 2004 published in Punch and Jurists March 29, 2004
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Three Strikes Statutes/Rule.

Here the Court upheld the release of a “three strikes” defendant from prison, after concluding that his nonviolent robbery of a $199 VCR was one of those “exceedingly rare” cases where a sentence of 25 years to life did not fit the crime.

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