11.   LEGISLATION FAILED Would have mandated life without parole for some criminals convicted of a third violent felony.

12.   Ms. Brzonkala also said male sexual assault on a woman was the only violent felony for which the university authorities routinely declined to file incident reports with the police.

13.   Other states require that all the crimes be violent felonies.

14.   Simpson does not have such a history of violent felonies.

15.   The bill also provides for life sentences for criminals convicted of a third violent felony or drug offense if the third conviction is a federal crime.

16.   The bill also would make it illegal for a person who committed a violent felony as a juvenile to ever own a gun.

17.   The case involves a teen-age gang member, John Kim, who was freed by the board at the earliest possible date after serving time for violent felonies.

18.   The roving officers, who work in plainclothes, have the dangerous task of searching for people committing larcenies, robberies, carjackings and other violent felonies.

19.   There has been little objection to searching prison convicts or suspects charged with violent felonies or drug crimes.

20.   Travis responded a week later that Kim was not legally eligible for work release because of his conviction for a violent felony.