> I'm glad he's turned his life around but we can't have people committing armed robbery and going back out onto the street in three months. I think this is a

> I'm glad he's turned his life around but we can't have people committing armed robbery and going back out onto the street in three months. I think this is a straw man. Most of us agree that armed robbery is a crime that deserves some punishment. However, if 18 years was his sentence, I want his sentence to be 18 years, not a subsequent lifetime of being unable to contribute meaningfully to society. He's not out in three months, he's spent half of my life in prison.