It's just one more tool, it seems to me, that a judge has. Up to now, traditionally--and this is really across the board, quite frankly, in the justice system--we had a 12-month bond. When we have increased it in other cases, it's generally been well received. We have it up to 24 months, because by the time you get these procedures in place and you get there, time marches on. I think it would be difficult to predict how many people would get the 24 as opposed to the 12. The 12 may be appropriate in some circumstances. Again, it'll be up to judicial discretion to decide if that's appropriate in terms of trying to modify or direct the behaviour of an individual.
On March 30th, 2009. See this statement in context.