In late February, senators in Georgia introduced a bill known as the One Strike Act. Though the name—a riff of sorts on the better-known “three strikes” approach—and marketing imply mandatory life sentences on first-time convictions of the most serious felonies, the bill is primarily about lengthening sentences and removing parole for any and all felonies.
Senate Bill 592 is cosponsored by State Senator Steve Gooch (R), a former senate majority leader and current candidate for lieutenant governor. Gooch, a noted proponent of mass incarceration, was also a cosponsor of the 2024 bill that greatly restricted cash bail—decreasing the number of eligible charges, tightening forfeiture rules and establishing a limit of three bonds per person per year.
“The One Strike Act elevates the penalty for a first-time violent felony to life in prison without parole,” Gooch stated in a February 27 video posted to social media. “One violent act should be enough to remove a predator from our streets permanently.”
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“current candidate for lieutenant governor. Gooch”. That is all I had to read!!! Yep, let us have mass incarceration!!! The article at the end is interesting as it gives facts that longer sentences don’t prevent crime. But who cares!!! I’m tough on crime!!!!
It wouldn’t pass ex post facto test if they tried to apply it to all of those incarcerated currently.
Gooch sounds like he lives too far south and should be farther north in Jersey or Chi-town with others that sound like family members with greased back hair, open wide collar shirts, tinted sunglasses, and gold chains you could tow a semi with, but I wouldn’t want to be profilin’ or nutin’…
The devil still lives in Georgia and I wonder when he’ll say, ” What’s that smell?’ It’s the one strike proposer candidate for LG in Georgia. Maybe we should start having people born with records after all we come into the world naked.