In a unanimous vote, the senators also approved the Governor's version of a bill that would jail three-time violent offenders for life.

If rehabilitation were available, judges would be far more willing to give life sentences to three-time offenders who failed to take advantage of it.

So do new classes of felonies; in many states, repeated drunken-driving convictions now require prison time, while three-time violent offenders can draw true life terms.

Under Bernard's anti-smoking policy, local police issue a misdemeanor complaint to three-time offenders at the principal's request.

A three-time offender could seek reinstatement after two years.

Manley was banned for life last Nov. 18 as a three-time offender, but can appeal for reinstatement after one year.

In an alternative to "three strikes, you're out," it raises the minimum sentence for three-time violent offenders from 10 years to 15 years.

And a three-time drunken-driving offender would be banned indefinitely, if not permanently, from the sport.

Washington people voted to punish three-time offenders with eternal imprisonment.

For three-time violent offenders, those who make a career out of crime, it should be three strikes and you're in, for life.