This is important, and I want to make it clear: the truth is that the courts could already impose sentences equivalent to those under the three-strikes regime when that was appropriate. These options will continue to be available to the court once this legislation is repealed, and I'm going to lay out what those options are: preventive detention for repeat serious offenders, public protection and extended supervision orders, minimum periods of imprisonment, and maximum penalties up to life imprisonment. What goes further to the point is this was just window dressing. 