Many years back I was selected for a jury panel. It was some young kid charged with posession of cocaine. The defense kept alluding to some new “3 strikes you’re out” law which would get the prosecutor all wound up and the judge telling us to ignore what we heard. In the end we found him guilty. The judge then told us that, “this was the first ‘3 strikes you’re out’ case to be found guilty in the state of California. Sentencing would occur at a later date, 20 years to life minimum.” The entire panel was thunderstruck. I was so disheartened, so disappointed with the justice system. Talk about getting screwed….