“To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for sentencing of three strikes offenders.”
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This section establishes a three-strikes sentencing enhancement regime (18 U.S.C. §3559A) requiring courts to count prior convictions as strikes—¼ strike for specified misdemeanors (e.g., simple possession of controlled substances, unlawful firearm possession); ½ strike for nonviolent felonies (e.g., conspiracy, money laundering, mail fraud); and 1 strike for firearm-related or violent felonies (reduced for juvenile convictions)—and to impose consecutive mandatory minimum sentences on defendants convicted of a strike-eligible felony who have accrued at least 3 strikes total (subject to single-episode exclusions). (1) Adds 10 years for a nonviolent felony as the most serious instant offense; (2) adds 15 years for a firearm-related felony; (3) adds 20 years for specified violent felonies with at least two prior strike-eligible convictions but fewer than three felony-based strikes; or (4) adds life imprisonment for violent felonies if the defendant has at least two prior strike-eligible convictions and at least three felony-based strikes. Prohibits enhancements for reaching the three-strikes threshold via a misdemeanor instant offense until a subsequent felony conviction.