Yeah... but it's still up to the jury to convict the person.
OTOH, If the person knows he's risking life in prison by committing his third strike, you gotta ask yourself... does he even WANT to stay out of jail?
Some crimes are more "incidental" than others, of course, and do not really bring into question the moral/ethical character of the individual. That is the ideal of the trial by jury, no? For peers to judge whether that person is a burden or threat to society.
For crimes that are malicious in nature, I'd have no problem putting someone in jail for life. If the single crime contained multiple charges that counted against the three strikes, then I'd say that the possibilty of parol was madatory after (or at every) expiration of the "normal" sentence for the crime(s).
As to whether that's reality... well... :redface: