Because three strikes is rigid and fixed, it has removed that discretion for all the people involved in this process—that's from the probation officers, the mental health advisers, cultural advisers, and all manner of people who contribute to this, to the defence and prosecution lawyers, and then, of course, to the judges themselves. It ignores the circumstances of the offence, the circumstance of the offender, the victim's views, the purpose of sentencing that goes into trying to keep the community safe, and what accountability or deterrence might look like in a given case. It ignores what rehabilitation and successful reintegration of that person safely back into the community might look like. 