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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 >>
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 >>
