I agree with you that.... As I said in my previous intervention, what we are glad about is that the courts are nonetheless given the discretion to evaluate these factors, and we certainly trust the courts to do the right thing. However, our concern is that because of the language of the legislation.... The principle is that legislators don't speak for no reason and therefore, when the legislator speaks, there is an intent there.
What we feel is that by referring to concepts such as the brutality of the action.... Because that's the question, there are factors to consider, but what the court will have to decide is the brutality and the impact that the action can have on other people psychologically. This is a very broad question to answer, and it may not in fact have any bearing on the reality of the risk for reoffending.