Prosecution says its argument takes into account 'seriousness' of crimes

One of the judges had earlier said, in response to Kissane, that the sentence had included a "realistic" chance of parole given Patterson's age, or it would simply be an artificial promise of parole. Kissane then said the court ought not to sentence based on its estimate of one's life expectancy. Kissane further argued that the prosecution's argument that the minimum sentence of 33 years was "manifestly inadequate" takes into account "all relevant sentencing matters... i