Well, the difficulty is that some of the crimes include assault or assault causing bodily harm. Bodily harm can be a black eye. You're probably not going to get two years in penitentiary for that, but it's broad. So is robbery. There are different sorts of robbery. When I used the word “draconian”, it was a strong word. There probably is no greater punishment that we have than being declared a dangerous offender with an indeterminate sentence--even the first-degree murder conviction for life and no parole on 25.
The fact that there's parole after seven years for dangerous offenders is a bit of a myth. It rarely happens. They're put in; they're going to have that designation forever. So there's very little chance of getting out. More people convicted of murder would be released on parole than this. That's why I used that word. It's a very harsh punishment and probably deservedly so in many cases. The only point I think we're trying to make is that it has to be the state that puts it there, not the accused.