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Criminal

Jul. 17, 2004

Three-Strikes Law Costs Too Much, Ruins Too Many Lives

Forum Column - By Vince Imhoff and Claudia Rosenbaum - Leondro Andrade took nine videotapes from Kmart, intended as Christmas presents for his niece, and quietly slipped them into his waistband. His crime, however, did not go unnoticed, and he was apprehended shortly afterward by security guards.

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