He is claiming that passing the bill will benefit us in many ways especially in terms of crimes rates. According to KBO eyewitness news 4 by Stuart Dyson, Rep. Bill Rehm, a retired Bernalillo County Sheriff’s said that, “I want to include three felony convictions for inuring someone. Also if you are convicted of killing two people, the law should apply” (Dyson). This shows how Rehm is also supporting the argument that calls for tougher law should be passed, but instead he would like to add more three strikes law into the five specific strikes of New Mexico where the law will be applied for every crime. The people who are supporting this argument is many of them are republicans. However, the democrats have the strong antagonism for the three strikes law, mainly in the senate, where there will be able to have majority to say no on expanding the law. Nevertheless, Pacheco and Rehm were trying to say that it was such a big challenge to convince the Gov. Susana Martinez to expand the law and take step towards the repeat criminals. I definitely agreed with all the supporters that it is very important to pass toughening the three strikes law in New Mexico because it will benefits us in different ways such …show more content…
According to the report done by NM political, Senate Majority Whip Michael Padilla, D-Albuquerque (Figure 3) says he was very dissatisfied by Richard Berry solution to the violent crime problem, “instead of seeking solutions, this mayor has decided to politicize the recent tragedies we’ve had here in our city” (Lyman). Michael Padilla thought Berry is trying to explain the problem to people, instead of solving it which he states is completely unacceptable to the society especially when the whole city is in trouble, which he assumed he was making fun of the tragedies that took place in the city that was the reason he mentioned he has no right to do that to anybody. Along with the senate Michael Padilla there were two other supporters who thought Berry was wrong as well. Another opponent who was against the Berry decision was Jerry Ortiz y Pino who thought if Berry calls to toughen laws, it will cost more money to the state as the prison population increases with all the repeat criminals. According to the KOB Eyewitness News 4 by Stuart Dyson, Ortiz Y. Pino states that if “you can’t deal with these issues on a piecemeal basis, you can’t” (Dyson). He argues that to make the law tougher in New Mexico, the state needs to have a better pay that will help compete them with others in the region. Along with these two opponent, Daniel