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Another innocent child’s life taken to soon
Friday, 5 April 2019, 9:18 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of l7 month old Sadie-Leigh Gardner. Sadie-Leigh was taken to Tauranga hospital on March 27 with critical injuries. She died two days later in Auckland’s Starship hospital from her injuries. Sensible ... More >>
Judge failed to impose a life sentence with no parole!
Thursday, 28 March 2019, 1:34 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
28th March 2019 Today Justice Cameron Mander had the opportunity to sentence convicted double murderer and rapist Paul Russel Wilson to a sentence of life in prison with no parole for the 2018 murder of Nicole Tuxford. This would have been the first time ... More >>
Wilson must be locked up for life
Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 9:46 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“The Sentencing Judge has the power and tools to sentence Paul Wilson to Life Imprisonment without Parole if they choose to” On Thursday 28thMarch one of New Zealand’s most horrific violent offenders will be sentenced for the brutal murder ... More >>
Foreign thugs who commit violent crimes should be deported
Monday, 4 March 2019, 9:34 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Foreign thugs who commit violent crimes against women and children should be kicked out of New Zealand - SST More >>
Sex Offender walks free after 4 years of 11 year sentence
Monday, 25 February 2019, 4:47 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
"No one with a conviction for serious violent offending such as this should be released until they can guarantee the offender is no longer a risk, and then they should not release them until the offender’s sentence is completed – full-stop" More >>
Life should mean life
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 9:39 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
"Victims are being ignored and not heard, this case is not a one off, and the government need to realise that softer sentencing and releasing people like this will have a horrific result." New Zealanders are horrified as the identity of ... More >>
Discounts and home detention for a sexual predator
Monday, 28 January 2019, 1:57 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
"A violent sexual offender has been given a much lesser sentence thanks to his previous contribution to the community. Yet in the court of law a previous history of offending is not allowed to be considered, so why on earth should this man’s ... More >>
Interim Name Suppression Review Petition
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 4:19 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Interim Name Suppression Review Petition 13th December 2018 On Monday 10th December the accused of the murder of Grace Millane was declined name suppression by Judge Evangelos Thomas but defence lawyer, Ian Brookie, appealed the Judge’s decision. ... More >>
Jacinda Adern offers ‘Anything’ to family of Grace Millane
Tuesday, 11 December 2018, 11:13 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
It sounds too good to be true, but those were the words spoken by Prime Minister Jacinda Adern at a press conference yesterday, in relation to the family of murdered UK backpacker Grace Millane. Victim Advocate for the Sensible Sentencing Group Trust ... More >>
Our Justice System offers Discounts like a Supermarket
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 9:42 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The SSGT believes discounts on criminals' sentences are offensive to the Real victims of serious crimes: the victims are being completely disregarded and re-victimised by our Justice system. More >>
Sex offender housed in motel assaults motel owner's daughter
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 4:12 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing Group Trust (SSGT) Victim Advocate Karrin Coates said she cannot understand how government agencies are willing to risk the lives of our most innocent children!! “This is the second time an offence has been committed by a registered ... More >>
Violent Thug Gets ‘Get Out of Jail Early’ Opportunity
Monday, 19 November 2018, 3:11 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Kiwi’s, who have shown in a recent poll to be 68% in favour of the Three Strikes Law, are appalled that yet another Judge has engaged in judicial activism by subverting the will of the NZ Parliament and invoking the ‘manifestly unjust’ clause in ... More >>
Little Esme Kinraid - Killed at the hands of her Father
Friday, 2 November 2018, 10:28 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“ If this is the pathetic sentence child killers get in New Zealand it is no wonder our once safe country now has such a high level of child abuse – there are no consequences.” Garth McVicar, founder of the Sensible Sentencing Trust. Esme Claire Kinraid was ... More >>
Our Victims DO Matter
Monday, 29 October 2018, 4:17 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Our Victims DO Matter 29th October 2018 I attended the Justice Summit as a representative for the Sensible Sentencing Group Trust and the incredible victims we represent. It was my first political event, one I thought would be an opportunity to have open ... More >>
Where is the Accountability?
Friday, 5 October 2018, 11:09 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A recent study conducted by Action Station and the University of Otago titled “They're Our Whanau” revealed an overwhelming majority of Māori only respondents believed structural racism and colonisation is to blame for disproportionate Māori prison ... More >>
Police Statistics Show Decrease In Homicide Victims
Friday, 28 September 2018, 5:12 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Police have released their latest statistic on Homicide Victims , and it shows a significant decrease in Homicide convictions in 2016 with 2017 looking to be lower again. Sensible Sentencing Trust Youth Advocate Jess McVicar says this is great news ... More >>
YETE For Youth
Friday, 7 September 2018, 12:54 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A teenage boy who has been in state care for 10 years, is being kept in prison because there is nowhere he can be bailed to! The teen who has been diagnosed as having foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and ADHD, has had 63 placements with Oranga Tamariki. Sensible ... More >>
‘Let-em-Out’ Little next Minister on block
Wednesday, 29 August 2018, 2:26 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
‘Let-em-Out’ Little next Minister on block 29th June 2018 Justice Minister Andrew Little should be next Minister to lose his portfolios if the standards applied to Clare Curran were applied evenly, according to Garth McVicar, Founder of the Sensible ... More >>
Criminal Summit Leaves Victims Feeling Re-Victimised
Saturday, 25 August 2018, 12:12 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
25th August 2018 "A gentleman whose daughter had been murdered was told that he was “white and privileged." One of the many disturbing comments from the Criminal Summit. More >>
Judge finally applies Three Strikes as Parliament intended
Wednesday, 22 August 2018, 11:58 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Today, a judge of the High Court finally had courage and integrity to apply the three strikes (3S) law as parliament intended it to be applied. Hayze Waitokia was appearing for sentence for his third strike, the stabbing of another man in the leg. While ... More >>
