Subject: Re: It's time to ban flag burning
MAGA is upset that “extenuating circumstances” play a role in sentencing.

MAGA is upset because they don't understand that this is exactly what "three strikes" laws are intended to do: impose a harsh sentence on "habitual" criminals when they commit their third crime, regardless of what the actual crime would normally merit on sentencing.

This is exactly the sort of thing that critics of three strikes laws have been arguing for years. It's the sort of scenario that leads to someone getting a 50 year term for shoplifting a video:

https://www.theguardian.com/wo...

...even though no one actually thinks that shoplifting a video itself warrants a 50 year sentence.