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New stuff on this site

Things that have been added in the last month or so..

Goals of Sentencing - Why the Justice system is failing An excellent essay from our Wellington branch Communications / Media Advisor Murray Tennent-Brown. This essay pinpoints a core issue with our Justice system and why it is currently failing those whom it is meant to serve

Two new Victim's Stories;
Kelly Murray Lawrence 1988-2006. From Kelly's mother Tina Lawrence. Kelly was was brutally stabbed to death in 2006.
Michelle Jackson the victim of her own brother

Police Pursuits - Windows Media Player clip here - interesting and very timely given the recent controversy over police pursuits here in NZ. It appears that they have the same problems with bail and accountability of Judiciary in San Francisco as we experience here in NZ, and as the officer points out rather forcefully, these are the root cause of most deaths attributed to "Police Pursuits"

Research International Law and Order survey NZ the results of a recent independent survey on this issue carried out in New Zealand by Research International. This survey was carried out in June/July 2009. The results will not please some.

Our new Contributors Page has articles by Trust members and staff. The essay "My Truth - The Mallet of Judgement" by Kristine Johnston may now be found here along with others.

A downloadable version of our DVD "New Zealand – A land fit for Criminals – why?" is now available
for broadband DSL/cable users here (42 Mb, 320 kb/sec) , and
for dialup users here (6 Mb, 48 kb/sec)
These are in wmv format, playable in most media players

A list of Contact people by areas of specialisation or interest has been added so that you no longer have to trawl through our regional contacts to find our youth offending or drink driving specialists