Three strikes gives us sentences which are plainly disproportionate, and, when it was enacted, its proponents knew that would happen. It gives us sentences for some offenders that without the rule, no judge or even reasonable person on the street would hand out. I see the repeal of three strikes as a sensible change which stands on its own in the wider debate, where claims are drowning out the evidence about its efficacy, because there is urgent need for consensus on justice issues, and we need to agree to be guided by the evidence as we design our justice system. 