Claim: "California's three strikes law, which allows for such anomalies to occur, ought to be revised, if not repealed."
A counter claim to this would be along the lines of justifying the three strikes law in California and being in defense of the state rather than Jeremy Stewart. "Jeremy Stewart committed a crime that he knew was wrong to do in the state of California and he had three chances". If this were a direct quote from someone on the states law board, it would be easy to say this is a counter claim. It has strength in providing factual evidence and not using a fallacy of pity like the article and its author itself. In the article, the author wrote of stealing for his daughter and drug addiction. This most likely doesn't make up for the crimes he committed in the eyes of the state.
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