Thank you.
That story you just told highlights very nicely what I thought the point of my presentation was, which was that with the way the current system operates--whether we're talking about conditional sentencing or any form of sentencing--both victims and community are largely voiceless. We have a community that has had no part in the process, except perhaps through the lawyers and judges who live in the community, in the outcome of that case, a case that directly affects them and that has impacted them as a community. Primarily, victims have not been sought out and respectfully communicated with. What that problem points out is that you come to the community with this solution to the problem of that horrible crime and they're not satisfied. Should we be surprised? It's because they had no part in the solution--nothing.