Santos Reyes is a prisoner at Folsom Prison in the state of California who became a focal point of an effort to overturn the state's three strikes law.[1][2][3] The case has attracted widespread media attention, including coverage in the Los Angeles Times,[4] the San Francisco Chronicle,[5] Reuters,[6] the Pasadena Weekly,[7] and elsewhere.[3][8][9] It has been hailed as a particularly egregious example of how California's three strikes law has led to the "incarceration of thousands of victims indicted on relatively minor charges."[3][8]
- ^ "FACTS: Top 150 Unjust 3-Strike Stories," Archived 2009-01-04 at the Wayback Machine Families to Amend California's 3-Strikes, Google cache accessed December 9, 2010
- ^ "Campaign to Free Santos Reyes," Interview with Peter Camejo, Uprising Radio, September 12, 2006
- ^ a b c Erin Yoshioka (May 6, 2005). "A "three-strikes" injustice: Why is Santos Reyes facing 26 years to life in prison?". Socialist Worker. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
SANTOS REYES could spend the rest of his life in a California prison. His crime? He took the written portion of a driver's license test for his cousin, to help him qualify for a license. For this, he was charged under California's "three-strikes" law, which imposes a mandatory 25-years-to-life sentence on any person convicted of a third felony.
- ^ Allen Jones (June 12, 2008). "Let nonviolent prisoners out: Building beds for the mentally ill is a fine goal, but why not reduce overcrowding first?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
Santos Reyes, George Anderson, Linda Susan Teague, Gary Ewing and Leandro Andrade are serving a total of 176 years, and the most serious criminal among them is Ewing. He stole three golf clubs.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SFCwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Man facing 26 years for lying wins hearing,"[usurped] Reuters, March 5, 2005
- ^ Andre Coleman (February 2, 2006). "Three strikes may be out". Pasadena Weekly.
For instance, Santos Reyes of El Monte is now doing 25 years to life for lying on the written portion of a driver's license test.
- ^ a b Horace Miskel (July 22, 2008). "Raising Hell for Prison Reform: San Francisco Man Attempts to Reform Prison System in California". Regal Magazine. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
Santos Reyes is currently serving 26 years to life for forging a DMV test.
- ^ "Wanted! Black leaders for California prisoner release court order". BayView: National Black Newspaper. November 4, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
If inmate Santos Reyes can stay in prison for a minimum of 26 years for cheating on a driving application ...