In order to solve this problem of increased crime rates in New Mexico, the following action that should be taken into the report is to tougher the three strikes law in New Mexico. On November 5, 2015, Mayor Richard Berry and the two legislators discussed about the recent crimes that just took place in New Mexico City, where both of them decided to propose the solution to the problem by making the three strikes law tougher in New Mexico in the 2016 legislative session, which will allow the city to diminish the crime rate. Along with making the law tougher, Berry and two representatives decided to make three different legislative changes in the law by making an assault against the police officer, adding more crime to the state’s three strikes law and including a clause from the constitutional amendment that will allow judges to deny the offender release warrant due to their suspicion that the criminals remain dangerous to the society …show more content…
This paper is going to be about evaluating the argument if either we are for and against the solution to the problem about the recent measure that has not been fully implemented yet. I am advocating “for” to tougher the three strikes law in New Mexico than the other side because toughening the three strikes law will be able to prioritize public safety as I was able to visualize from the news how the city’s violent crime rate has steadily increased in recent years especially after seeing the case of police officer who was shot by the repeat offender in New Mexico