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| I. The Sponsors of the Initiative. | |||
| The sponsors of the "Three Strikes and Child Protection Act of 2004" have named themselves "Citizens Against Violent Crime." This title is a false and misleading title that masks the true identity of the group of people who are bringing and promoting this initiative measure. | |||
| The real name of the group sponsoring this initiative is "Families to Amend California's Three-Strikes" (FACTS). FACTS is located at 3982 So Figueroa Street, #207A, Los Angeles, California. | |||
| The stated purpose of FACTS, as articulated on its own web site, www.facts1.com, is "to amend the 3-Strikes law in California so it is only applicable to violent felonies." FACTS also advocates that "Three Strikes" be amended in the following ways: | |||
| "(1) the law should not be applicable to crimes committed before its enactment in 1994; | |||
| (2) the law should not count multiple counts during a single act as multiple strikes; | |||
| (3) the law should include a "wash-out" period such that convictions older than ten years do not count as strikes; | |||
| (4) burglary of unoccupied dwellings should not count as "serious or violent" strikes; and | |||
| (5) the law should not be applicable to juvenile offenses." In the language they used to draft the initiative, the initiative proponents pretend to support the principles of California's "Three Strikes" statutes. But the language which these initiative proponents use on their own web site reveals their true beliefs: FACTS as an organization is | |||
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