Offenders of children

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
Heather Steinberg
86/151 Mudjimba Beach Road
MUDJIMBA QLD 4564
Total Signatures - 258
Sponsoring Member: The Clerk of the Parliament
Posting Date: 17/3/2014
Closing Date: 10/9/2014
Tabled Date: 11/9/2014
Responded By: Hon Jarrod Bleijie MP on 15/10/2014
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland

Queensland citizens draws to the attention of the House the lenient sentencing options available to Courts when dealing with people who commit offences against children, in particular offences that are considered at the extreme end of offending behaviour, such as: murder, manslaughter, any form of sexual assault/abuse/pornography.

 

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to amend legislation so that offenders who commit serious offences against children are automatically given a 'never to be released' sentence, whether it is their first offence or not.  With 'never to be released' to mean exactly that no possibility of parole and no option to apply to the Higher Courts to have the sentence reduced except on the grounds of fresh evidence they did not commit the offence.