The fact is that this has resulted in absurd outcomes and hasn't made our communities any safer. In one case, a person was jailed for 10 years for an offence which the sentencing judge would have ordinarily imposed an 18-month sentence in prison. Courts, in fact, can already impose sentences equivalent to those under the three-strikes regime, where appropriate, such as preventive detention for repeat serious offenders, such as public protection for extended supervision orders, and such as minimum periods of imprisonment and maximum penalties up to life imprisonment.