Mike Reynolds and 3 Strikes Coalition Endorse Harman for Attorney General
“Three Strikes” Co-author says “Tom Harman is the only candidate for Attorney General we can count on to protect Three Strikes”
Fresno, CA – Three Strikes and You’re Out coauthor and crime victim’s advocate Mike Reynolds and his Three Strikes coalition endorsed Tom Harman for California’s next Attorney General. Reynold’s daughter Kimber was tragically murdered in 1992 and when one of the two men responsible for her murder was killed during his arrest, Mr. Reynolds looked toward just punishment for the other. When that second man was sentenced to only nine years in prison (and ultimately paroled in half that time), he took action. This became the catalyst California’s “three-strikes-and-you’re-out” law passed by voters in 1994.
“The Three Strikes law is one of the most important and effective protections law-abiding citizens have,” said Reynolds. “Tom Harman is the only candidate for Attorney General we can count on to protect Three Strikes.”
“In the past few years, we have had to fight against critics on the left that have sought to weaken the Three Strikes law. Electing Tom Harman as Attorney General is the best insurance we have to make sure the extreme criminal rights crowd doesn’t succeed.”
In the State Senate and Assembly, Tom Harman has been an advocate for tough-on-crime measures and legislation. He is a strong proponent of California’s death penalty law and in 2008 introduced SB 315 that if enacted would have sped up the long and tedious process needed to ultimately carry out justice against criminals on death row.
As California’s next Attorney General, Tom will continue to strengthen California’s death penalty law, defend Three Strikes and vigorously prosecute public fraud and corruption.
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