Proposition 36 seeks to reform California's existing "three strikes" sentencing scheme, which allows for a person to be sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of a third felony crime. The law came into place after the shocking kidnapping and murder in California of 12-year old Polly Klaas in 1993, by a person with prior criminal offenses. Following the crime, the country became enamored of an anti-crime program based on the baseball term, “three strikes and you’re out.”