Tough Sentences for Violent Crimes
Policy Overview
United Future Will:
- Introduce tougher penalties for child abuse and neglect.
- Ensure offences against children receive at least the same penalties as offences against adults.
- Provide for cumulative sentences rather than concurrent sentences so that multiple offenders pay for each crime they have committed, not just one.
- Introduce mandatory guidelines, including higher minimum sentences to ensure sentencing reflects nature of the offending, and reflects the overwhelming concern of New Zealanders with overly lenient sentencing.
- In the case of heinous murders, ensure criminals face life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole.
United Future Parliamentary Office: Bowen House, Lambton Quay, Wellington
Email: Phone: (04) 471 9890
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