But what does the three strikes legislation do? Well, it removes entirely any ability of a judge, a sentencing judge, to take any of the circumstances into account, whether they be the victims' circumstances or the offenders' circumstances. It says, "if on [the] occasion, an offender is convicted of 1 or more stage-3"—that is, third strike offences—"… [then] the High Court must sentence the offender to the maximum term of imprisonment prescribed for each offence." Well, that is entirely disproportionate, in many cases, and entirely inappropriate.