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Sensible Sentencing Trust applauds New Zealand First Bill
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 9:02 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing Trust applauds New Zealand First Bill 30th May 2018 The Sensible Sentencing Trust fully supports New Zealand First MP Darroch Ball’s private members Bill which would provide for a mandatory jail sentence of six months for assaults ... More >>
Youth offending is out of control
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 2:08 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
We are in the grip of a youth crime wave and the government are turning a blind eye. More >>
Dylyn Davis: Judicial activism at its worst
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 11:43 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“The Three Strikes Law was passed by the Highest Court in the land [Parliament] if the Judiciary refuse to fully implement the tools Parliament has given them to protect the public then SST will.” Garth McVicar: More >>
New Zealand judiciary give two fingered salute
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 1:54 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
New Zealand judiciary give two fingered salute to Parliament - again 22nd May 2018 The Sensible Sentencing Trust is appalled at the Judiciary’s cavalier attitude to implementing Parliament’s clear intention on criminal sentencing. Trust founder, ... More >>
Youth Crime IS NOT down and Youth Justice IS NOT working
Friday, 11 May 2018, 11:34 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Recent statistics showed youth crime had decreased, with the government praising the Youth Justice system for the new low in youth crime. Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) have always argued the statistics are based only on the cases that get put ... More >>
Public protected by tough Third Strike sentence
Thursday, 10 May 2018, 1:56 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Wellington man Daniel Fitzgerald was today sentenced to 7 years imprisonment - the maximum term available for an indecent assault he committed while subject to an Extended Supervision Order. He received the maximum term of imprisonment under the Three Strikes ... More >>
PURDY: A perfect illustration of what is wrong with parole
Tuesday, 1 May 2018, 2:30 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Wife murderer Dean Raymond Purdy is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with the parole system in this country, and the Parole Act within which the Parole Board is obliged to act. Purdy killed his wife almost thirty years ago, and has now ... More >>
Mark Middleton granted permanent residence after pressure
Friday, 20 April 2018, 1:59 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Mark Middleton granted permanent residence after pressure from lawyer and Sensible Sentencing Trust Compensation should be awarded for legal fees and loss of job. 20th April 2018 More >>
Sensible Sentencing disgusted with Sex Slavery sentence
Thursday, 19 April 2018, 9:27 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A mother who kept her teenage daughter as a sex slave, pimping her out more than one thousand times, has been jailed for less than four years. More >>
Mark Middleton’s deportation a Human Rights violation
Thursday, 19 April 2018, 9:10 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The lawyer of pending deportee, Mark Middleton, says Immigration NZ’s deportation notice is a violation of Human Rights. More >>
Why are Immigration looking to deport Mark Middleton
Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 4:44 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Why are New Zealand Immigration looking to deport Mark Middleton? 17th April 2018 Last Tuesday Mark Middleton was snatched from his work place and arrested by New Zealand Immigration officers. Mark arrived in New Zealand as a 4-year-old in 1962; ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing applauds police for gang drug arrests
Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 3:59 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Former Maori Party Co-leader Tariana Turia often defended gangs as “just another form of whanau”. Sensible Sentencing Trust has always known the reality – they are all criminal organizations, some masquerading as motorcycle “clubs”, others ... More >>
Third Strike murderer deserves LWOP
Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 3:26 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Dylyn Davis is a violent thug with a long history of violence, including two “strike” offences. He has now pleaded guilty to his third strike – the brutal murder of a young woman whose only crime was to tell a friend she was frightened of him. He ... More >>
A child's life is worth nothing in our Justice system
Thursday, 22 March 2018, 6:32 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
A child's life is worth nothing in our Justice system 22nd March 2018 “Beating a defenceless nine-month-old baby leaving horrific facial and head injuries is child abuse at its worst" says Sensible Sentencing Trust’s Child Abuse Spokesperson ... More >>
Sensible Sentencing congratulates Shane Jones
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 4:03 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Sensible Sentencing congratulates Shane Jones 20th March 2018 The Sensible Sentencing Trust wishes to congratulate cabinet minister Shane Jones for his refreshingly blunt and candid comments about two Northland offenders who allegedly torched a ute thereby ... More >>
Child Abuse Must Stop And So Must the Right to Silence
Friday, 16 March 2018, 3:54 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
“The question must be asked, what are we actually doing to reduce the violent abuse of our children in New Zealand?” says Scott Guthrie, the Sensible Sentencing Trust National Spokesperson on Child Abuse. More >>
Housing sex offenders in the community is a serious issue
Monday, 12 March 2018, 4:09 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The housing of sex offenders, once they have either been released on parole or completed their prison sentence, is a major safety issue for Corrections and us as a country. Finding suitable housing far enough away from schools, preschools and residential ... More >>
Inquest into the death of Christie Marceau is a whitewash
Friday, 9 March 2018, 9:32 am | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust (SST) strongly believes that the inquest into the death of Christie Marceau which had at its focus a questionable decision on bail, should have had terms of reference which allowed for the judges’ decision to be ... More >>
Man stabs his 3 Kids
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 2:24 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
Man stabs his 3 Kids – Mother says – His eyes were black, and he didn’t appear human anymore More >>
Trust Slams Tax Payer Funding of Wrestling on Maori TV
Tuesday, 20 February 2018, 1:31 pm | Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust Manawatu spokesperson Scott Guthrie is calling for Maori television to withdraw the airing of WWE wrestling from its programme line up before its start date of the 24th of February. More >>
