One person's 'justice' is another person's 'revenge'.  

The mandatory minimum sentencing for vehicle alcohol fatalities often results in a plea to a lesser charge to avoid mandatory years of jail time with no possibility of parole.  Then, when a judge sentences on the lesser offense, the judge gets to choose the penalty.  

Measure 11 was passed to keep wimpy, ultra-liberal judges from imposing small sentences for major crimes.  Plea bargaining by your District Attorney does an end run around that.