What they also want is relief, because the repeat violent offenders, that small number of people who are chronically committing these crimes, are effectively terrorizing citizens in these communities, and they want relief from that. Even worse than the actual crimes themselves is this atmosphere of an unsafe environment that it's created for citizens who are just going about their daily lives. That's why we all emphasize an opportunity for weighing...and it gets back to making sure that people who are making decisions around release, whether it's bail or parole, have all the information available.
There are some things happening in our parole system right now that everybody should be worried about. We're getting to a place where parole boards are talking about making decisions about releasing murderers without hearing from victims or the affected families of victims.
To me, this is a problem, and we need to rethink that.