Make the Coward Punch Law Effective

The Sensible Sentencing Trust has launched a campaign to make the new proposed coward punch law effective. Without minimum sentences, NZ judges will continue to give incredibly light sentences for coward punches that kill.

Look at that difference. The average non-parole prison term in NZ for a coward punch that kills has been around one year (if they get prison at all), while in NSW and Victoria it is around seven years.

The SST is calling for a minimum non-parole period of eight years for coward punchs that kill ...