<p>In 1993, Washington state passed the Persistent Offender Accountability Act, the nation&#8217;s first &#8220;Three Strikes Law,&#8221; which was <a href="https://www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/three-strikes-youre-out-a-review">based on research</a> from the Washington Institute for Policy Studies. The law said that anyone convicted of a third serious felony would be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole; no furloughs, parole or time off for good behavior.</p>
<p>One of the criminals used as an example by policymakers drawing up the state&#8217;s three-strikes law was a man named Stonney Marcus Rivers, as Paul Guppy of the Washington Policy Center pointed out. Guppy told <a href="http://www.kiro7.com/news/local/3-strikes-felon-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-is-released-early-now-charged-with-murder/651736443">KIRO</a>, &#8220;He became one of the first cases in our state that was eligible for &#8216;three strikes, you&#8217;re out.&#8217;&#8221;</p>

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