It is difficult to imagine a time in history when criminals could commit serious crimes and go unpunished or be punished by the law leniently. How is it possible that someone could wrongfully end someone else's life and be sentenced to seven years, maybe ten? This term seems long, but in my opinion a person who causes harm to another individual should be punished more severely. The wonderful thing about the legal system in this country is that it can change if it is repealed, amended, or if a new law or set of laws are created. The fact that the power to propose legislation is not solemnly reserved to the government makes our legal system truly remarkable. We have the ability to create change for the greater good and that is exactly what a resident of the city of Fresno, California did. In the year 1992, Mike Reynolds had to suffer the pain of losing his teenage daughter, Kimber Reynolds, whose life was taken away by a man who shot her because Kimber refused to let her purse be stolen by two armed robbers. The man who was an accomplice to murder in Kimber's tragic killing was someone who had quite a criminal past ranging from drug trafficking to theft. Here this man once again committed the crime of theft, but this time with a greater degree of gravity. Kimber's father, along with many people, wondered how it was possible for a criminal like Douglas Walker to be on the streets as a free man. The law of that period had failed to punish a man who terrorized society and destroyed social order. It is a tragedy that an incident like the murder of Kimber Reynolds had to happen for someone to take action to change our legal system... middle of paper... 25 years to life in prison, with some key exceptions that allow for a third conviction even if the new crime is not serious or violent. Equally important as the requirement that the third offense be serious or violent is the provision that allows a court to reconsider a third strike sentence for those inmates who received 25 years to life in prison for lesser offenses that would not qualify for a conviction on the third strike pursuant to the law. Proposition 36. Under this remedial provision, an inmate has two years to petition the sentencing court to consider a resentencing for a second strike sentence. The court may exercise its discretion to deny the new sentence for reasons of public safety.” (Cooley and Rubin, 264). Although Proposition Thirty-Six has been in effect for a short period of two years, its impact on the legal system in California has been quite significant..