The Last Tycoon
Three people face life sentences in California for minor offenses under the state's extreme Three Strikes Law, sparking a movement to reform one of America's toughest sentencing policies. Cruel and Un…
The Last Tycoon
Three people face life sentences in California for minor offenses under the state's extreme Three Strikes Law, sparking a movement to reform one of America's toughest sentencing policies. Cruel and Unusual investigates the historic change to California's Three Strikes Law, which was the harshest sentencing law in the United States. The film tells the personal stories of three individuals sentenced to life under the law for minor, non-violent crimes, including writing a bad check, shoplifting a VCR, and taking a slice of pizza. —Sam Banning
The Last Tycoon
Action,Adventure,Crime
Film Details
Three people face life sentences in California for minor offenses under the state's extreme Three Strikes Law, sparking a movement to reform one of America's toughest sentencing policies. Cruel and Unusual investigates the historic change to California's Three Strikes Law, which was the harshest sentencing law in the United States. The film tells the personal stories of three individuals sentenced to life under the law for minor, non-violent crimes, including writing a bad check, shoplifting a VCR, and taking a slice of pizza.
—Sam Banning.