Three strikes is not about locking up those petty criminals; it's about locking up those that commit one of the 40 named qualifying serious violent offences, the worst of the worst criminals committing the most heinous crimes. The time for making excuses is up. New Zealand has had enough of being victims of violent recidivist offenders and having a Government that not only makes excuses for them but lines the pockets of gangs while they're doing it. The reality is that this law has not seen enough time to see its full potential. People have to serve the entire prison sentence on a second strike, and there are 640 of them who will be doing this when the legislation got under way back in November last year. Now, we have 24 third-strikers—21 when we started—that average 74 serious violent convictions each. Again, these are not the petty criminals; these are the worst of the worst.