Thank you.
I want to thank both of our witnesses, and I want to extend a big long-time thank you to Professor Doob. He has been a contributor to justice legislation for some decades now. I'm from the class of '88 and I recall that he made a huge contribution to the first report of this committee, which dealt with crime prevention. It's something we're still working on today.
I was struck by references in the testimony to the concept of discount. I don't want to dwell on it too much, because it may or may not survive our clause-by-clause review. Professor Manson, I think I know your view on it, because I think you expressed it, but I want to ask Professor Doob.
Might the reference to discounting in fact undermine public confidence in our justice system by suggesting that under this legislation, if a judge were not to decide on a second 25-year consecutive parole ineligibility, that he or she would be giving a discount? I'd like your reaction to that, because if I were a judge, I wouldn't like the look of this.