Election 2020 - Party Policies - Justice, Law and Order - Sentencing
25th Jul 20, 5:56am
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Sentencing
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- Add burglary to the three strikes regime, meaning someone convicted of a third burglary offence gets three years in prison.
- Read more here.
- Repeal the “three strikes” sentencing law and apply the precautionary principle to new mandatory minimum sentencing legislation.
- Increase the range of sentencing options available to judges in criminal court cases.
- Reform youth detention and sentencing to encourage young offenders to reintegrate into their communities.
- Read more here and here.
Not yet available on their website.
- Set tougher parole conditions for gang members who return to associating with a gang after release.
- Create a new aggravating factor in the Sentencing Act that would capture offending done whilst being a member of a gang, or offending done in association with gang members and/or a gang.
- Change the onus of proof on gang related income. If an individual is identified as member of a gang on the National Gang list they have to prove their income came from a legitimate source, rather than the police proving their income came from an illegitimate source.
- Ban all gang insignia in public places.
- Read more here.
Not yet available on their website.
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