Pressure on National re Courts Bill
The NZ Herald reports that National has offered Labour negotiations on how to progress the stalled Criminal Procedures Bill. An interesting positioning in which you have the Sensible Sentencing Trust...
View ArticleThe Secret Really Sensible Sentencing Trust
Oh this is hilarious. Labour MP Russel Fairbrother has set up a “Really Sensible Sentencing Trust” to argue against sending criminals (except the really really bad ones) to jail. Labour list MP Russell...
View ArticleLongest sentences
The Dom Post reports: A new online database offers the public free access to sentencing histories of New Zealand’s worst criminals. So far it has 90 names on three lists: Those serving non-parole...
View ArticleVictim Statements in Court
The Herald reports: The Sensible Sentencing Trust has been warned it is going too far by calling on its members to break the law and defy court orders that censor victim impact statements. Trust...
View ArticleThe Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Herald seems appalled that Ministers addressed an SST conference: It is a feather in any group’s cap when not only the Prime Minister but the Justice Minister and the Police Minister queue up to...
View ArticleACT and the Sensible Sentencing Trust
I ran a guest post by Labour MP David Parker on Saturday. In his guest post Mr Parker stated that at the last election ACT took a large donation from the Sensible Sentencing Trust. This appears to be a...
View ArticleSST on bail
Michael Fox at Stuff reports: The Sensible Sentencing Trust is set to launch a campaign to toughen bail laws after the murder of an Auckland teen, allegedly by a man on bail. The hard-line law and...
View ArticleThe Human Wrongs Commission?
Phil Kitchin at Stuff reports: The Human Rights Commission plans to prosecute the Sensible Sentencing Trust for breaching a serial paedophile’s privacy. I’m speechless. It stems from the trust printing...
View ArticleA name suppression story
A reader writes in: The first time I became aware of the SST offender database was when we were gravely concerned about the attention and interest a 43 year old man had in an 11 year old family member....
View ArticleIs he a paedophile and a liar?
The SST report: The serial paedophile at the centre of a name suppression stoush between the Human Rights Commission and the Sensible Sentencing Trust appears to have lied on oath about his job status...
View ArticleThe SST vision
The Herald profiles the Sensible Sentencing Trust and details their policy wishlist. Some good issues to debate. no bail for anyone facing a violent offence I think that is a step too far. I think bail...
View ArticleJudging the Judges
The Sensible Sentencing Trust have launched their Judge the Judges website. I have some mixed feelings on this. I don’t like the personal focus on some individual Judges, and especially do not like the...
View ArticleLobby groups and charities
The Herald reports: Family First NZ says it will be deregistered as a charity because of its views on gay marriage. National director of Family First Bob McCoskrie said the group has received...
View ArticleThe Press on Judging the Judges
The Press editorial: The new website developed by the Sensible Sentencing Trust inviting the public to “judge the judges” has attracted more alarmed comment than it warrants. Critics of the site worry...
View ArticleSo very wrong
Phil Kitchin at Stuff writes: Two victims of a serial paedophile fighting to keep his name secret will ask a judge to lift suppression of their names, as they join a legal battle to prevent the man...
View ArticleMcVicar to stand for the Conservatives
Garth McVicar, the highly effective founder of the Sensible Sentencing Trust, will be a candidate for the Conservative Party. He is taking a leave of absence from the SST. Tags: Conservative Party,...
View ArticleSST vs Petricevic
Stuff reports: The Sensible Sentencing Trust is seeking a judicial review of the decision to release former Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic on parole. The fraudster will walk free from prison on Monday,...
View ArticleSultan Ali Abdul Ali Akbari must go
The Sensible Sentencing Trust has released: Sensible Sentencing Trust has learned that Afghani sex offender Sultan Ali Abdul Ali Akbari has, since his release on parole at the end of February, been...
View ArticleGuest Post: New Zealand has 10,000 prisoners – all have earned their place there
A guest post by Garth McVicar of the Sensible Sentencing Trust: Considerable angst has been expressed by some, mostly progressive organisations and political parties, at New Zealand’s prison population...
View ArticleGuest Post: Closing prisons will not reduce harm.
A guest post by Jess McVicar of the Sensible Sentencing Trust: Article 1: The faults in our system For 16 months Michelle has...
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