If your wonder how marijuana trafficking can result in a life sentence its the three-strikes law. This law significantly increases the prison sentences of persons convicted of a felony who have been previously convicted of two or more violent crimes or serious felonies, however, misdemeanor and wobbler offenses can qualify for application of the three-strikes law in California.

The following states have enacted the three strikes law:

• New York (since 1797);

• Maryland (since 1975 but amended in 1994);

• Delaware (since 1973);

• Texas (since 1952);

• Washington (since 1993);

• California (since 1994);

• Colorado (since 1994);

• Connecticut (since 1994);

• Indiana (since 1994);

• Kansas (since 1994);

• Maryland (since 1994);

• New Mexico (since 1994);

• North Carolina (since 1994);

• Virginia (since 1994);

• Louisiana (since 1994);

• Wisconsin (since 1994);

• Tennessee (since 1994);

• Georgia (since 1994);

• Arkansas (since 1995);

• Florida (since 1995);

• Montana (since 1995);

• Nevada (since 1995);

• New Jersey (since 1995);

• North Dakota (since 1995);

• Pennsylvania (since 1995);

• South Carolina (since 1995);

• Utah (since 1995);

• Vermont (since 1995);

• Arizona (since 2005); and

• Massachusetts (since 2012).