But even if it did work, even if there was evidence that it worked, it does not make it right. We know that torture works—torture somebody long enough and they will give you the information that you're seeking. But that does not make it right, and the three-strikes law is simply not right. It has resulted in absurd sentences that are disproportionate—in one case, somebody going to prison for 10 years for a crime that would normally elicit an 18-month sentence. That belongs in a banana republic—it does not belong in Aotearoa New Zealand. 