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Fatal crashes: Pros and cons of mandatory minimum sentences


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A petition calling for mandatory minimum actual time in custody sentences for motorists convicted of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, following a fatal crash which killed four-year-old Taylen Swanson, continues to gain attention with more than 3400 signatures.
The petition was started by Taylen’s aunt Jody Swanson following the sentencing of at-fault driver Michelle Lee Newton in Rockhampton District Court on March 19 to 3.5 years prison, wholly suspended and operational for five years for one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, along with one count each of drug driving while being a provisional licence holder and possessing a dangerous drug. ....

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Fatal crashes: Should there be mandatory minimum sentences?


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A petition calling for mandatory minimum actual time in custody sentences for motorists convicted of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, following a fatal crash which killed four-year-old Taylen Swanson, continues to gain attention with more than 3400 signatures.
The petition was started by Taylen’s aunt Jody Swanson following the sentencing of at-fault driver Michelle Lee Newton in Rockhampton District Court on March 19 to 3.5 years prison, wholly suspended and operational for five years for one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, along with one count each of drug driving while being a provisional licence holder and possessing a dangerous drug. ....

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Fatal crash driver's sentence 'manifestly inadequate'


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The Liberal National Party s Tim Nicholls has described the sentence of a Rockhampton woman for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm as manifestly inadequate .
Mr Nicholls, the justice spokesman for the LNP, spoke with The Morning Bulletin on Thursday about the sentence of Michelle Lee Newton.
Newton, 30, was sentenced on March 19 to 3.5 years prison, wholly suspended and operational for five years for one count of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and grievous bodily harm, along with one count each of drug-driving while being a provisional licence holder and possessing a dangerous drug. ....

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