mr. chairman , if you kill a police officer you are going to get death or life without parole .  if you make any murder in the federal system you are looking at life .  if you are talking about the impact of this bill , it is a 10-year mandatory minimum for second-offense fist fights .  we have been asked where our compassion is for the victims .  we have got mandatory minimums where you already know that it violates common sense , it wastes the taxpayers money , it fails to do anything about reducing crime .  that is what the studies have shown .  trying juveniles as adults we know increases crime .  that is a good question .  where is your compassion for the victims when you are actually increasing crime ?  we know what works to reduce crime .  we know what polls well , and what we need to do is have some compassion for common sense and actually enact those provisions that will reduce crime .  we know that prevention and early intervention work .  you know , you can make jokes about it ; but we know what works and we know what polls well .  if we are going to show some compassion for our victims , we ought to do something to actually reduce crime .  