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Sex offender register must be open to public
Thursday, 26 April 2012, 10:39 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sex offender register must be open to public says Victim advocate Following today’s announcement that Police Minister Anne Tolley is considering plans to introduce a sex offender register the Sensible Sentencing Trust is calling for the register to ... More >>
Uninformed Parole Board Opens Old Wounds For Grieving Mother
Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 4:24 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“New Zealand abolished capital punishment in 1961 but the current parole system has simply transferred the death penalty to the victim instead.” ________________________________________ More >>
New Zealand accused of serious breach of Human Rights
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 10:24 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
For immediate release: New Zealand accused of serious breach of Human Rights “It is ludicrous that New Zealand has the audacity to accuse another country of human rights breaches when we are ourselves in breach of every human rights treaty we have ... More >>
Cormack killer ideal ‘first’ candidate for new parole law
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 9:34 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The man who raped and killed Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack is an ideal candidate for the new parole reforms Justice Minister Judith Collins announced yesterday. More >>
Very nearly another Christie Marceau!
Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 9:21 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A young woman is very lucky she was not murdered like Christie Marceau and many others killed by offenders who have been released on bail after a previous violent offence! More >>
Here we go again.....
Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 6:32 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The New Zealand criminal justice system is not just under-performing in its responsibilities to law-abiding New Zealanders, it is failing. More >>
Here we go again...
Tuesday, 17 April 2012, 1:49 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The New Zealand criminal justice system is not just under-performing in its responsibilities to law-abiding New Zealander’s, it is failing. More >>
‘Little mongrels’ a creation of liberal ideology
Monday, 16 April 2012, 9:11 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“My farm animals have better discipline and more respect for each other than these young mongrels that kill”. More >>
Remembering Libby and Christie
Monday, 16 April 2012, 9:20 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The families of Libby Templeman and Christie Marceau should be celebrating the 16th April, after all today is the birthday of their beautiful daughters. More >>
Murderer Accountable; DHB Blameless
Sunday, 15 April 2012, 11:50 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Twenty-six months after bludgeoning Diane White to death in her home, Christine Morris was sentenced in the Hamilton High Court earlier this month. More >>
Drop In Crime A Positive First Step
Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 10:13 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
With over 400,000 total recorded offences the Sensible Sentencing Trust believe New Zealand’s overall crime rate remains unacceptably high for a country with such a small population. More >>
Sensible Sentencing Trust: Another 'Life' (?) Sentence
Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 11:57 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The mother of a murder victim lambasts the legal process that masquerades as a justice system For immediate release: Another ‘Life’ (?) Sentence Handed Down The mother of a murder victim lambasts the legal process that masquerades as a justice system ... More >>
Dear Court of Appeal: Are you kidding?
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 10:26 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Justice Simon France of the Court of Appeal may want to try and explain this one... and perhaps consider a new career as an advocate for violent offenders while he’s at it... More >>
Rights of offenders have helped increase the crime rate
Friday, 9 March 2012, 10:18 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Professor James Wilson an American academic who died recently said “we have trifled with the wicked” More >>
Trust congratulates Govt. on new prison
Thursday, 8 March 2012, 3:46 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust has congratulated the Government on today’s announcement that a new 960-bed prison will be built under a public-private partnership in Wiri. More >>
Prison is not the right place for Turangi teen – Yeah Right!
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 2:59 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Henare O’Keefe’s comment that “Prison is not the right place for Turangi rape teen” is startling to say the least says Alan Monk, Police Spokesman for the Sensible Sentencing Trust. More >>
Christie Marceau
Friday, 24 February 2012, 7:36 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
In October last year the Sensible Sentencing Trust congratulated Simon Power and the National led government for their proposed tightening of access to bail in The Bail Amendment Bill. The Bill was put forward to see restrictions placed on access ... More >>
Christies’ Law goes digital
Friday, 24 February 2012, 10:43 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
For immediate release: Christies’ Law goes digital A law reform campaign set to launch in Auckland on Monday has gone digital with the organisers utilizing social media to raise the profile of their cause. Christies’ Law, named after the tragic ... More >>
Another family devastated by Bail balls-up
Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 9:46 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
"What a load of crock", was Ron's very simple but to the point opinion of the entitlement to his son's murderer!! ________________________________________ For immediate release: Bail: Another family devastated by Bail balls-up joins Christie ... More >>
Christie Marceau – the tipping point
Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 1:15 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
For immediate release: Christie Marceau – the tipping point “Time to ask NOT what your community can do for you – but what YOU can do for your community.” Garth McVicar Christie Marceau may have died a tragic and preventable death but her ... More >>
