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![Your say: Devilish twist on front page](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Your say: Devilish twist on front page
Readers write in: Brian Tamaki; the justice debate; science and religion; the alt-right
![Editorial: Predictable attack on Borrows by hardline law-and-order lobby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Editorial: Predictable attack on Borrows by hardline law-and-order lobby
Tougher "punishment" tends to produce hardened people more likely to offend again
![Former Nat Chester Borrows: politicians should resist 'hard on crime' line](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Former Nat Chester Borrows: politicians should resist 'hard on crime' line
Chester Borrows is the chair of Justice Minister's new criminal justice advisory panel.
![Sensible Sentencing Trust founder resigns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Sensible Sentencing Trust founder resigns
Garth McVicar steps down. Sensible Sentencing Trust to be led by new management committee.
![An inquiry, a sacking and the 'keep our mouths shut' email](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
An inquiry, a sacking and the 'keep our mouths shut' email
The Sensible Sentencing Trust says it 'failed dismally' in handling board member's exit.
![Little: Sensible Sentencing Trust leaders 'loopy' and 'callous'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Little: Sensible Sentencing Trust leaders 'loopy' and 'callous'
A key player in pushing for harsher criminal punishment has been sidelined.
![Bridges says three strike backdown shows Govt's incompetence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Bridges says three strike backdown shows Govt's incompetence
Justice Minister Andrew Little is set to announce an advisory panel to look at reforms.
![Victims' families back three strikes law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Victims' families back three strikes law
Open letter from families of victims of violence is to be presented to Justice Minister.
![Career crims on 3 strikes average 63 convictions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Career crims on 3 strikes average 63 convictions
Majority of Kiwis approve of controversial "Three Strikes" Law, that looks set to change.
![McVicar: Soft path will fail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
McVicar: Soft path will fail
'Tough on crime' advocate gives warning ahead of government plan for justice summit.
![Garth McVicar's police shooting praise results in tax office scrutiny](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Garth McVicar's police shooting praise results in tax office scrutiny
A document has raised questions over the tax structure of the Sensible Sentencing Trust.
![Appeal dismissed for rapist-basher](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Appeal dismissed for rapist-basher
The man said he didn't intend to injure the rapist, only detain him until police arrived.
![Crime debate needs less - not more - provocation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Crime debate needs less - not more - provocation
Sensible Sentencing Trust is increasingly out of step with the country says Jarrod Gilbert
!['Unwelcome and repugnant': Policeman chides McVicar for applauding fatal shooting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
'Unwelcome and repugnant': Policeman chides McVicar for applauding fatal shooting
"Shooting a human being is never a time to congratulate anybody."
![McVicar criticised after applauding fatal police shooting](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
McVicar criticised after applauding fatal police shooting
Comments spur call to reassess Sensible Sentencing Trust's charitable status.
![Report: Tough-on-crime tactics not working](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Report: Tough-on-crime tactics not working
Science advisers urge a new 'data over dogma' approach to justice.
![Public meeting called over child sex offenders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Public meeting called over child sex offenders
Up to 16 high-risk sex offenders are living in the South Auckland suburb.
![Local Focus: Sensible Sentencing Trust debate gets heated](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Local Focus: Sensible Sentencing Trust debate gets heated
Politicians go blow-for-blow over law and order. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
![Rapist 'faked injury' - victim's stepdad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Rapist 'faked injury' - victim's stepdad
A man who assaulted his stepdaughter's rapist says the rapist "faked" a head injury.
![Sensible Sentencing to help with appeal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Sensible Sentencing to help with appeal
The Sensible Sentencing Trust will help the man who beat his daughter's rapist.
![Tighter parole conditions for sex offender](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=799)
Tighter parole conditions for sex offender
Parole conditions have been tightened for repeat sex offender who escaped deportation.