Talk:Richard Allen Davis

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[edit] Erroneous release

Davis was later erroneously released from a California prison.

This isn't documented in the chronological record. Is there more detail on this? RJFJR 23:16, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Three strike law

His notability comes from sparking the three strike law in California. There is no history in the article on how this came about. I checked the article on three strike laws and it doesn't have the details of how California came pass the law. Is there any interesting information on how this happened or was it just public outrage over the sensational crime? RJFJR 23:27, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)

As the "Three Strikes" law was the result of an initiative statute - that is, somebody collected enough voter signatures to put the measure on the ballot, and it passed - I think it's unknowable whether or not this crime "resulted" in the law. Without trying to get into any details of whether the Klaas case was part of the publicity surrounding the proposition, I think it'd be better to make a less definitive statement rather than assert cause and effect. (I don't remember any relationship between the two, but am willing to accept that there was... just not that it was cause-and-effect.) Jordan Brown 06:13, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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