keep three strikes in baseball

it's hard to muster much sympathy for a dude who makes a habit of getting off (pun intended)on masturbating in public. but on the other hand, does it really warrant a life sentence? according to the letter of the law, that's exactly the punishment called for -- thanks to the brilliant lawmakers who pushed through the three-strikes policy.

look, i imagine it's off-putting for a woman (or man) to be casually driving around only to lock eyes with someone with his pants draped around his ankles whacking off (when, not consensual). but as creepy as it must be, a million dudes lined up side-by-side on the sidewalk jacking off, isn't half as bad as one rape -- where the sentence would be far less severe -- or murder.

i wonder if this incident would even get any notice if it wasn't a former-nba player. but regardless of his past, he'd probably get a lot more out of therapy than a cell. and it's not as if we don't have enough people in jail already.