GINNY ANDERSEN (Labour—Hutt South): The three-strikes law is an anomaly in New Zealand law and it's for one main reason. It's because it severely restricts judicial discretion. That's number one. It provides fixed sentences that give no ability for a judge to take into account the seriousness of the offending or even the circumstances of the offender. Sometimes I do wonder whether the National Party would like to just do away with judges altogether and come up with a script and corresponding years to be served because that would work better.