As I indicated in my opening statement, I know you've heard from many witnesses who have a lot of experience in offender management and the impact of that. I am before you with that voice for victims. So as I indicated in my opening comments, I balanced those comments with the recognition that there are issues on the offender management side.
What I can tell you is that some of the comments that have been made by victims I have spoken to.... First of all, these are the people who have committed some of the most horrific crimes, and they have been given 25 years. They also speak to their concern about lessening the confidence in the justice system when people who are given life sentences don't receive the actual 25 years.
So again, in my comments I certainly wanted to recognize--and I did--some of these other issues that are very much out there and that you, as a committee, are looking at. But again, I'm here to be that voice for victims.