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"Not Only Must Justice Be Done, It Must Be Seen to Be Done.”
Monday, 6 May 2013, 8:53 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust’s “Judge the Judges” website will go live from Monday 6th May. More >>
Interim Human Rights rules against Sensible Sentencing Trust
Friday, 26 April 2013, 3:38 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Human Rights Review Tribunal has issued an interim ruling prohibiting publication of any details of the convicted paedophile on whose behalf the Director of Human Rights Proceedings is prosecuting the Sensible Sentencing Trust for allegedly breaching ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing Trust Will Never Support Vigilantism
Friday, 19 April 2013, 3:49 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensational claims that the Sensible Sentencing Trust’s “Judge the Judges” website will be akin to an online version of talkback radio to “name and shame” are completely off the mark. More >>
Paedophile prosecution further waste of taxpayers money
Monday, 15 April 2013, 5:08 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Human Rights Commission has now clarified which of the many government agencies set up to protect people’s rights is prosecuting the Trust for supposedly breaching the “rights” of a convicted paedophile. More >>
Interim Name Suppression granted for convicted Paedophile
Friday, 12 April 2013, 10:19 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Interim Name Suppression granted for convicted Paedophile who claims Suppression existed anyway! The Human Wrongs Commission continues to waste tax payer money this week by continuing their ludicrous claim that the Sensible Sentencing Trust has breached ... More >>
Threatening to kill earns second ‘strike’
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 11:51 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Threatening to kill earns second ‘strike’ The Sensible Sentencing Trust says the Three Strike legislation is working as intended after a Whangarei man who pointed a gun at a pedestrian was issued with a second strike warning and given sentence ... More >>
Victims critical of time taken to release a Victims Code
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 12:58 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Victims critical of time taken to release a Victims Code In 2011 the Ministry of Justice set up a Victims Reference Group comprised of victims of various crimes. This group consisted of 6 or 7 victims and met about 4 times in all and mostly in ... More >>
Another government agency a waste of money
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 2:41 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The government’s announcement that it will set up yet another agency – at a cost of $1.5 million annually – to police “cyber bullying” is a gross misuse of resources. There are many better uses for scarce justice dollars than a new bureaucratic ... More >>
Law surrounding suppression needs thorough review
Thursday, 4 April 2013, 2:36 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The courts may soon be held up to ridicule in this internet age, and given the rapid rise in social media. All of the issues surrounding name suppression need thorough review – what purpose(s) suppression orders are supposed to serve, for whose benefit, ... More >>
Why we needed Three Strikes
Wednesday, 20 March 2013, 4:46 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“As a result of the “three strikes” legislation this recidivist violent offender now at least has a ‘strike’ to his name, and that is something, but the Judge could have done much more to protect the community,” says Sensible Sentencing Trust. More >>
Sensible Sentencing applauds Justice Sir Grant Hammond
Friday, 15 March 2013, 9:33 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is very pleased to offer its support to Law Commission President Justice Sir Grant Hammond’s plea to kill a government proposal to remove all accountability for negligent public servants whose actions or inactions cause ... More >>
Online Sentencing Tracker proves hugely successful
Monday, 11 March 2013, 10:01 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
It has now been four years since an online database which was designed as faster way to research New Zealand sentence records for serious offenders. Designed an operated by the Sensible Sentencing Trust [New Zealand’s largest victims’ rights advocacy ... More >>
Police could have prevented murder, so could have DHB
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 5:01 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Police could have prevented the death of Diane White by mental health patient Christine Morris, the Independent Police Conduct Authority has found in a decision released today. More >>
Remorseless Killer Given Chances His Victim Never Had
Friday, 15 February 2013, 4:14 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
For immediate release: 15 February 2013 Sensible Sentencing Trust: Remorseless Killer Given Chances His Victim Never Had The Sensible Sentencing Trust has today expressed its disgust at the extent of the criminal history of the killer of Wellington journalist ... More >>
Is 19 years all that a toddler’s life is worth?
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 7:36 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust has today acknowledged that although the 19 year non-parole sentence given to the killer of 2 year old JJ Lawrence is a significant improvement on recent sentences (and the 10 year minimum that could have been applied), it is ... More >>
Is 19 years all that a toddler’s life is worth?
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 5:15 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust has today acknowledged that although the 19 year non-parole sentence given to the killer of 2 year old JJ Lawrence is a significant improvement on recent sentences (and the 10 year minimum that could have been applied), it is ... More >>
OCEANZ congratulated for paedophile bust
Friday, 8 February 2013, 9:39 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Police's Online Child Exploitation Across New Zealand (OCEANZ) team is being congratulated by Sensible Sentencing Trust for crushing a paedophile ring which was allegedly operating in New Zealand and overseas and which has saved numerous children ... More >>
Expanded work-in-prisons applauded by Sensible Sentencing
Wednesday, 30 January 2013, 1:39 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Government’s announcement of expanded work requirements for prisoners has been applauded by the Sensible Sentencing Trust. More >>
Electronic bail debacle reinforces need for bail reform
Thursday, 17 January 2013, 2:57 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust say public safety must be of paramount consideration in all bail decisions, including those where electronic bail is being considered. Trust Spokesman, Garth McVicar was commenting after the Herald revealed that the ... More >>
Give the Judge a Medal – The Vote is Unanimous
Sunday, 23 December 2012, 4:54 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A Judge who is waging a crusade against granting bail to violent offenders has won unanimous public support. Judge Callander has made strong statements about the need to keep the public safe and has backed up his words by denying bail to violent offenders. More >>
