nothing to lose by using any means necessary to escape. Expect assaults on police and correctional officers to rise precipitously� (Portland Oregonian, 3/94).�²⁵

Since the enactment of the �Three Strikes and You�re Out� law, increased violence against law enforcement officers has not occurred. The number of law enforcement officers assaulted has dropped 11.9% while in the three years prior to �Three Strikes� it dropped 14.9%. Both figures suggest a downward trend in the assaults on officers, disproving the prediction that violence against law enforcement officers would dramatically increase.

²⁵"10 Reasons to Oppose Three Strikes And You�re Out;� American Civil Liberties Union; 1996.

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