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SCUMBAGS GET PATHETIC SENTENCE “What absolute Scumbags, that is an horrific way to die. Burning to death, images of horror that the family will have to live with forever. The […]

Violent thug deserves four year sentence, not sympathy from a Judge Sensible Sentencing wonders why trained Judges seem to find a very simple law hard to follow. After a case […]

 Christchurch Sex Offender Protected by Name Suppression Madness In a recent decision by Christchurch District Court Judge Brian Callaghan, a sexual offender was given name suppression even though the victims […]

31/10/2014 The Sensible Sentencing Trust is appalled that Justice Jill Mallon has today refused to apply the Life without Parole (LWOP) provisions of the Three Strikes law as enacted by […]

Sensible Sentencing Trust is once again dismayed by a High Court decision to grant an Auckland ‘Ad-man’ permanent name suppression, on the basis of his wife’s heart condition. “The wife, […]

25/09/2014 Sensible Sentencing Trust has today written to the Solicitor General to ask ‘what more does it take’ for a serious recidivist violent offender to be given Preventive Detention. Robert […]

11/09/2014 New Zealand’s largest advocacy group supporting victims and families of violent crime is dismayed at the treatment of victims in their quest for knowledge regarding those who have offended […]

28/07/14 “Justice by name, not by nature” states Ruth Money Sensible Sentencing Trust National Spokesperson, of Justice Helen Winkelmann’s decision to discharge without conviction the offender charged with the fatal […]

“Chuck it out and start with a blank piece of paper” states Ruth Money, Sensible Sentencing Trust Spokesperson in reference to the current name suppression laws. In a Reserved Judgment […]

Sensible Sentencing Trust Spokesperson Ruth Money said today’s comments from Justice Minister Collins about name suppression are “a breath of fresh air and should be applauded”. The ODT today reported that […]