Suspended Sentences to be Abolished

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The Attorney-General, Robert Clark, has move a Bill that will abolish suspended sentences, a move welcomed by victims of crime advocates. Suspended Sentences will first be abolished from the Supreme and County Courts in December 2013. From the start of September 2014 Magistrates will also lose the power to impose suspended sentences. ‘The new laws…

April 18, 2013

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The Abolition of Suspended Sentences for Serious Crime

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According to The Sentencing Amendment Act 2010 and the Sentencing Further Amendment Act 2011, suspended sentences have been abolished for a range of serious crimes when prosecuted in the higher courts, including recklessly causing serious injury, aggravated burglary and arson, and there is a move to achieve the complete abolition of suspended sentences for all…

November 6, 2011

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