House OK’s expanded ‘Three Strikes’ law

The House today after emotionally charged debate voted to broaden New Mexico’s “three strikes” law, which mandates life in prison for some convicted felons. The vote was 49-14 to expand the list of crimes that qualify an offender for a “three-strikes” prosecution. Rep. Paul Pacheco, R-Albuquerque, called the current law, passed in 1994, “a joke” because […]