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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 >>
Violent Manawatu Inmate Should Receive A Consecutive Sentence
Monday, 15 February 2021, 10:29 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“Inmates who commit crimes whilst incarcerated should automatically serve a consecutive sentence and have their time added on top of any time they are currently serving,” says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The Manawatu Prison ... More >>
Two Vicious, Violent Knife Attacks: Offender Gets Home Detention
Monday, 15 February 2021, 10:14 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“How can we take our justice system seriously when someone can almost kill two people in a violent street attack and get a slap on the wrist with home detention?” says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “Daniel Erst stabbed ... More >>
Runaway Mum Charged With Child Murder Should Never Have Been Given Bail
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 5:04 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“The Rotorua mother charged with the murder of her child who cut off her electronic bracelet and is now on the run, should never have been given bail in the first place," says Darroch Ball co-leader of the Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The Bail Act 2000 ... More >>
Brutal, Prolonged Domestic Assault Causes Miscarriage: Why Three Strikes Must Stay
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 8:55 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“Elim Tekotahi Emery brutally beat his partner with a rock, stomped on her head, punched and kicked her, pulled her hair out, and gouged her eye, eventually causing her to miscarry – then he laughed. The only reason he must serve his full four-and-a-half-year ... More >>
Havoc On Auckland Motorway: Direct Result Of Police ‘No Pursuit Policy’
Monday, 8 February 2021, 4:31 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Frontline police officers have come direct to Sensible Sentencing Trust and stated that this incident of hundreds of illegal motorcyclists creating havoc on the motorway is ‘what happens when Police can no longer pursue’, says Darroch Ball co-leader ... More >>
Coward Punch Legislation Needed: Five Years Minimum Mandatory Prison Time
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 5:45 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The thug Mongrel Mob member who king-hit Leni Taufateau in Christchurch over the weekend should serve a minimum five-year prison sentence for his cowardly act, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “Minimum mandatory prison time is needed for those who ... More >>
Police Pursuits Sky-rocket To Record High – So Police Stop Chasing
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 9:11 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The latest fleeing driver statistics show the numbers of incidents sky-rocketing out of control through 2020 with Police deciding the only tactic is to give up on chasing altogether, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The inconvenient truth is ... More >>
Manawatu ‘Wife-beater’ Gets Told Off, Community Service For Prolonged Beating, Punching And Kicking Of Partner
Thursday, 21 January 2021, 8:09 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A Manawatu man who beat, kicked, and punched his ex-partner, stopping only when police arrived, has been slapped on the wrist with a ‘good telling off’, community service, and a pathetic fine for ‘emotional harm’, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. ... More >>
Greenlight Given To Drug Dealers And Gangs For More Profit And More Harm
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 2:25 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Police stopping major cannabis eradication operations has given the green light to drug dealers and gangs to expand operations, make more profit, and continue to wreak havoc on the most vulnerable in our society, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. ... More >>
Government Still On Holiday While Gangs And Guns Run Riot
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 8:22 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The government seems to still be in holiday mode when in the past two weeks alone we have had six homicides, countless firearms incidents, and police needing to arm themselves against gangs almost every second day," says Sensible Sentencing ... More >>
‘Gangland’ Book Ban By Corrections: Inmates Should Lose Right To Choose
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 8:13 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Department of Corrections is well within its rights to refuse Jared Savage’s “Gangland” book from being read by inmates and it is outrageous that resources and time are now potentially going to be wasted in court about it, says Sensible ... More >>
Gangs And Guns: Govt Failing To Keep Our Community Safe
Sunday, 17 January 2021, 1:52 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The out-of-control growth in gangs, gun crime, and violent gang activity is exposing our communities to dangerous levels of violence that will inevitably end in tragedy, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The recent incidents of people being shot and ... More >>
Arming Police In Canterbury Inevitable: Tip Of The Iceberg For Protection Against Gangs
Friday, 15 January 2021, 11:46 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The arming of police officers in Canterbury was inevitable with the growing numbers and brazenness of the gangs across the country – this should be a permanent step, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “It is unfortunate that we have come to the point ... More >>
Judge Releases ‘Vicious’ Wife-beater On Home Detention – Makes Total Mockery Of Justice System
Friday, 15 January 2021, 10:29 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“We may as well knock on the gang headquarters around this country and tell them we all give up," says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “It is simply outrageous that violent offender, James Tuwhangai, has been released from ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing Trust: Cowards Who Withhold Information In Child Abuse Cases Should Be Prosecuted
Thursday, 14 January 2021, 12:17 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“It is basic human decency to speak up and protect any vulnerable child from harm, so withholding information in child abuse cases and allowing the abuse to happen by not speaking up is, put simply, a cowardly move,” says Jess McVicar Co-Leader ... More >>
Police Funding Delay By Govt - Utter Madness
Sunday, 10 January 2021, 2:30 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
There should be no delay for desperately needed funding for Police recruitment, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “Funding is needed now more than ever, with the ballooning numbers joining gangs; up almost 15% last year, victims of violent crimes ... More >>
Youth Police Pursuit: Parents Need The Consequences
Friday, 8 January 2021, 12:25 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Parents of the out-of-control youth who led police on a lengthy police pursuit need to be held to account and need to face consequences for their neglect, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The issue of parental responsibility for youth who commit crime ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing Trust: Police Need To Be Armed; Mandatory Prison Sentences Introduced
Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 2:21 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The incident in the Manawatu of yet another police officer being shot at will be the tip of the iceberg if laws do not get changed, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “This is a culmination of years of inaction from consecutive governments across ... More >>
