Kentucky House passes 'three-strikes' violent crime bill: 'Reasserting some basic and simple truths'
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The Kentucky House advanced House Bill 5, a sweeping crime bill that includes a "three-strikes" penalty for violent offenders, with a 74-22 vote.
"With this bill, House Bill 5, we are reasserting some basic and simple truths," Bauman said. "That there is a right and wrong, and that criminals are accountable for their actions, not society. And that society has the right to protect itself from the criminal element."
While the bill suggests imposing harsher penalties for a handful of crimes from vandalism to attempted murder, the key component is the "three-strikes" provision, since it would place those who have committed their third violent felony in jail permanently.
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