Mr. Casey, I have to say that when I first was approached to carry this bill forward, as a person of faith I had a hard time getting my mind around it, because of course I believe in confession and forgiveness and reconciliation, but I came to the determination that justice should not be trumped by compassion. Society expects justice. Quite frankly, there could be a person who has 40 years before parole who has turned their life around, and that is great, but they still have to pay their price to society. I think they need to recognize that and we need to be firm with that.
