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Former Mp Darroch Ball Steps In As New Co-leader Of Sensible Sentencing Trust
Monday, 4 January 2021, 8:38 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Former MP Darroch Ball has taken a position as co-leader and spokesperson for the Sensible Sentencing Trust it has been announced today. Ball will be sharing the new leadership and spokesperson role with Jess McVicar, daughter of original trust-founder ... More >>
Violent Gang Member Gets Rewarded At Sentencing For Difficult Upbringing
Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 2:34 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing Trust urges the Government to review sentencing discounts and sentence reductions for serious violent crime, saying the overuse of discounts will not reduce the risk of repeat offending. SST National spokesperson Jess McVicar said ... More >>
Labour Chooses Blind Ideology Over Public Safety
Friday, 9 October 2020, 2:40 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust has today expressed its disappointment at Labour’s announcement of their policy to repeal the successful and popular Three Strikes sentencing law. At least one public poll has shown the law is hugely popular across the political ... More >>
Step Up, Stand Up, Speak Up!
Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 9:50 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing Trust believe anyone withholding information about the death of a child caused by violence, is just as cowardly as the person who committed the heinous crime in the first place. National Spokesperson Jess McVicar says they understand ... More >>
Serious Violent Offender's Identity Protected
Monday, 14 September 2020, 2:35 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Victims of violent crime have the right to know what their offender looks like when released into the community, it seems obvious to the Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) if only for the future safety of the victims, but our New Zealand law seems to differ. ... More >>
Litigious Lunacy By Offenders Must Be Stopped
Monday, 14 September 2020, 11:04 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing Trust say William Bell needs to serve his time and stop making a mockery of the Justice system. National Spokesperson Jess McVicar says the continual litigations by serious violent offenders against Corrections are an ... More >>
Justice Mander Sets A New Standard For Victims Of Serious Violent Crime
Friday, 28 August 2020, 5:22 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“Now let’s deport him! Australia has shown us the way, he does not belong to New Zealand so we should not have to cover his care financially!” Sensible Sentencing Trust say a new standard has been set in the criminal justice system with Justice ... More >>
SST Supports Vote Nope To Dope Campaign
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 12:18 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
There is a major push to legalise cannabis in New Zealand and all the while, drug addiction problems are growing. Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) have joined with SAM-NZ in their Vote Nope to Dope campaign. SST National Spokesperson Jess McVicar ... More >>
Unacceptable Failure By Corrections
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 10:23 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) are appalled and dismayed at the lack of due diligence being carried out in the handling of released parolees and their registered victims after the latest operational error lead to a man bumping into his mother’s murderer. ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing Trust wants plea bargaining abolished
Friday, 8 May 2020, 9:56 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Maree Kiwana-Makanihi Takuira-Mita Ngahere was only 4 weeks old when she was killed on the 19th of February 2019. After a homicide investigation, the Coroner found that Maree died after suffering a brain injury causing bleeding to the brain. Today at ... More >>
Government Rushing Through Prisoners Right To Vote Bill Is Unethical
Tuesday, 7 April 2020, 12:21 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is calling on the Government to postpone the report due date for Minister Andrew Little’s Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill. This Bill would allow prisoners with a sentence of three years or ... More >>
Millionaire Digital Child Sex Offender Released
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 10:06 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) are in absolute shock at the early release of multi-millionaire child sex offender Martin Lawes, after only a mere 18 months into his 4 year and 6 month jail term. SST National spokesperson Jess McVicar said the ... More >>
SST Congratulate Darroch Ball On Victim Focussed Bill
Thursday, 12 March 2020, 9:06 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“Victims are continuously being re-victimised by sentences where leniency is currently given to the perpetrator due to cultural reports and other circumstances or needs.” The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) have congratulated Darroch Ball on his proposed ... More >>
New Zealand's Horrific Violence Must Stop!
Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 2:37 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) is urging all New Zealanders to speak out if they see or suspect there is any possibility of a child being abused. National Spokesperson Jess McVicar said “Heartbreakingly, absolutely nothing has changed ... More >>
“No Body, No Parole” - A Common Sense Bill
Monday, 6 January 2020, 7:17 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust are putting their support behind Nationals 'Concealment of Location of Victim Remains Bill’ More >>
Independent Victim body needs urgent action
Friday, 13 December 2019, 10:18 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A report released by the Chief Victims advisor Kim McGregor advising there needs to be an Independent Victims body is being welcomed by Victim Rights lobby group Sensible Sentencing Trust. National spokesperson Jess McVicar says the trust have ... More >>
A shocking blow for homicide Victim’s family
Thursday, 5 December 2019, 5:38 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Today the Court of Appeal released their decision to allow Helen Milner (The Black Widow) to have the last remaining body samples of the husband she murdered, in an attempt to prove her innocence by trying to see if he had an underlying heart condition. ... More >>
Bring back balance to the Scales of Justice
Wednesday, 27 November 2019, 9:54 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) has congratulated the National Party on their recent release of Justice system proposals. SST’s National Spokesperson Jess McVicar said it is a relief to hear there will be a focus on Victims of crime, as they are ... More >>
A Victim’s right to read ALL of their Impact Statement
Monday, 25 November 2019, 2:18 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A Victim’s right to read ALL of their Victim Impact Statement 25th November 2019 More >>
Ideological Government has forgotten Victims of crime
Monday, 25 November 2019, 2:02 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust say the Government has lost touch with reality and public opinion with Justice Minister Andrew Little’s raft of changes proposed for corrections and justice. SST National Spokesperson Jess McVicar said “Littles announcements ... More >>
