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Sunday, 2 May 2021, 4:42 pm Sentence discounts for serious and violent offences must end, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “New Zealand’s justice system has completely lost its compass, now seeing regular cases of innocent people losing their lives at the hands of others and their killers walking free," says co-leader Darroch Ball. “There is no justice for victims, no accountability for offenders, and certainly the safety of our community is now an after-thought for the courts handing down wet bus ticket sentences.” “Danny Taylor was shot and killed by his partner who was found gui...

Press Release – Sensible Sentencing Trust Sentence discounts for serious and violent offences must end, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. New Zealands justice system has completely lost its compass, now seeing regular cases of innocent people losing their lives at the hands of others and their … Sentence discounts for serious and violent offences must end, says Sensible Sentencing Trust. “New Zealand’s justice system has completely lost its compass, now seeing regular cases of innocent people losing their lives at the hands of others and their killers walking free,” says co-leader Da...

Tim Dower: Time to look at name suppression rules Auckland District Court (Photo / File) Tim Dower: Time to look at name suppression rules Name suppression rules. There've been calls this weekend for a review, the National Māori Authority says the current system makes a mockery of victims' rights. And Matthew Tukaki says there are cases where name suppression is used to protect the privileged. He says if you can afford a decent lawyer and the legal aid system works in your favour, you get all the privileges, whereas a majority of people do not. I'd challenge that. It seems to me that the ove...

Press Release – Sensible Sentencing Trust Police Minister Poto Williams has once again stated that the Iwi Community Panels are a success because the ‘referrals resulted in a 22.5 percent reduction in harm caused by reoffending’; what she is failing to mention is that almost 75 percent … Police Minister Poto Williams has once again stated that the Iwi Community Panels are a success because the ‘referrals resulted in a 22.5 percent reduction in harm caused by reoffending’; what she is failing to mention is that almost 75 percent of people who go through these panels go on to commi...

Police figures show there has been a spike in the use of firearms and knife attacks within the last few months, with the latest data in January showing the highest number of victims since records started, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing ...