Tag Archives: judicial discretion

Baird must revisit mandatory sentencing laws

This article was first published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 21 April 2014. Following last week’s resignation of Barry O’Farrell and the appointment of Mike Baird as premier, it is now time to get back to the key criminal justice issue in NSW: the prevention of alcohol-fuelled violence.  In late January, under O’Farrell’s leadership, […]

Why England must abolish the mandatory life sentence for murder

An article published this week in the latest issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice reveals judicial and legal practitioner support for the abolition of the mandatory life sentence in the English criminal justice system. This blog post provides an overview of the research findings, access the full article here.  In the English criminal courts it […]