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Youth Justice Facility Strip Searches Needed For Dangerous Young Offenders
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 3:01 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The fact that dangerous weapons are found during strip searches at youth justice facilities shows just how necessary they are; if these offenders don’t give them a reason to be searched, they wouldn’t have to be in the first place, says Darroch ... More >>
Body-cameras Essential For Protection Of Frontline Police
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 5:21 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is calling on the government to introduce body cameras for all frontline police officers. “With more and more officers being attacked and constant online cell-phone footage of alleged violent arrests with little or ... More >>
Marama Davidson’s Slap In The Face For The Victims Of Gang Violence
Sunday, 2 May 2021, 4:55 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
It hardly seems believable that government minister Marama Davidson would attend a ‘gangland get-together’ and have a conversation about how hard done by and picked-on gangs are, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “It ... More >>
New Zealand: The Country Where Killers Can Walk Free
Sunday, 2 May 2021, 4:42 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sentence discounts for serious and violent offences must end, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “New Zealand’s justice system has completely lost its compass, now seeing regular cases of innocent people losing their lives at the hands of others and their ... More >>
Early Release For Violent Killer Highlights What A Joke Our Justice System Really Is
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 3:19 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Parole Board’s decision to grant an early release from prison for a man found guilty of a brutal and unprovoked attack is yet another example of the justice system failing at its core, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “Emilio ... More >>
Iwi Community Panel Reoffending Rate An Abject Failure At 75%
Monday, 19 April 2021, 2:34 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Police Minister Poto Williams has once again stated that the Iwi Community Panels are a success because the 'referrals resulted in a 22.5 percent reduction in harm caused by reoffending'; what she is failing to mention is that almost 75 percent ... More >>
Record Number Of Victims Of Knife/gun Attacks – 139 Attacks In January Alone
Saturday, 17 April 2021, 1:18 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Police figures show there has been a spike in the use of firearms and knife attacks within the last few months, with the latest data in January showing the highest number of victims since records started, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing ... More >>
Govt ‘Hand-Wringing Soft’ On Crims Who Bash Police, Ambos, Corrections Officers
Thursday, 15 April 2021, 6:53 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Labour and Green government had a chance to introduce harsher penalties for people who assault our first responders, but voted it down and have shown once again just how out of touch and soft on crime they really are, says Darroch Ball co-leader ... More >>
“Stress” Comments From Victoria University Academic Dangerously Out Of Touch
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 11:22 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Victoria University’s Jordan Anderson’s comment that the ‘stress’ created for an offender being placed on the child sex offender register would trigger them into reoffending is dangerously out of touch, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible ... More >>
Green Party Mp “Attack Dog” Comment Prime Example Of Loopy Left’s Logic
Friday, 9 April 2021, 1:50 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Green Party MP Ricardo Menendez March’s labelling of police dogs as being “attack dogs” is as out of touch as it is insulting to our entire police force, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “A bill seeking to increase the maximum ... More >>
National Needs To Back Mandatory Sentences For Assaults On Prison Guards
Wednesday, 7 April 2021, 8:44 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown needs to support the Corrections Association’s calls for minimum mandatory sentences for inmates who attack prison guards, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “Brown has spoken ... More >>
6-months Minimum Mandatory Prison Sentences Needed For Thugs Who Attack Police
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 9:01 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The latest vicious baseball bat attack on a police constable in Hamilton, causing a skull fracture, is the latest in a long line of attacks on police officers. We need to have a zero-tolerance stance for these attacks and bring in minimum mandatory ... More >>
Drug Driving Law: Illegal Drug 'Limits' Should Be Zero
Friday, 2 April 2021, 4:53 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Allowing ‘legal limits’ for people to drive under the influence of illegal drugs is ‘bone-deep stupid’, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “It’s quite unbelievable for the government to accept any sort of level of dangerous ... More >>
Kelvin Davis Needs To Back Harsher Penalties For Inmates Who Bash Prison Officers
Tuesday, 30 March 2021, 11:43 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Minister of Corrections Kelvin Davis has been ignoring the Corrections Association pleas to introduce harsher penalties for inmates who assault staff; the consequence has been a dramatic increase in assaults and a loss of confidence in the Minister, ... More >>
Minister Silent As Police Accused Of Being Racist
Tuesday, 23 March 2021, 7:32 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Minister of Police Poto Williams needs to step in and defend Police from the defamatory and outrageous accusations by Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon that our police officers are racist, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing ... More >>
Corrections Association: 7-day Sentence For Assault On Officer “Just A Complete Insult”
Monday, 22 March 2021, 3:46 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Corrections Association President Alan Whitley has shared his frustration, contacting Sensible Sentencing Trust about the decision by a Huntly District Court judge to award just seven days of prison to an inmate found guilty of assaulting a prison ... More >>
Soft Enforcement Of Law Will Come At Cost Of Public Safety, Justice
Monday, 15 March 2021, 3:45 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The addition of offenders who commit more serious crimes being diverted to Iwi Community Panels and away from formal charges being heard in court, shows the slow move towards the softening of law enforcement, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing ... More >>
Figures Show Crimes Committed On Bail Have Doubled In Past Five Years
Friday, 19 February 2021, 9:25 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Department of Corrections figures obtained through the Official Information Act is showing concerning trends. This includes a doubling of the number of crimes committed on electronically monitored bail since 2015, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible ... More >>
Violent Manawatu Prison Assault: Remand Isn't The Problem, Corrections Is
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 11:28 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“The inmate who is in a coma after being violently assaulted whilst on remand in Manawatu Prison, was caused because of a failure in the prison – not the fact he was being held on remand," says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing ... More >>
Home Detention For Brutal And Sustained Child Abuse Is An Absolute Joke
Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 5:05 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“The Sentencing Act needs a complete overhaul to ensure we start seeing judges handing down appropriate sentences," says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The sentencing of nine months home detention today for a man ... More >>
