Review of sentencing for murder and manslaughter
The submissions listed below respond to our Consultation Paper.
The Sentencing Council has also received over 248 submissions in response to the sentencing
decision in R v
Shepard [2020] NSWSC 141 in relation to the murder of Allecha Boyd. The
submissions call for amendments to the law so that offenders sentenced for
murder are not released from imprisonment if they have not disclosed the
location of the victim's body.
We thank all those who have raised the issue of "no
body, no parole". However, our resources do not permit us to publish such
a large volume of submissions, nor to respond personally to all who provided
input.
We will be addressing the
issue of “no body, no parole” in our final
report.
Submissions
MU01 Dr Margaret Ann Hanlon
MU02 Georgina Frampton
MU03 Jane Harris
MU04 Jessica Smith
MU05 Bravehearts Foundation Ltd
MU06 Helen Sanderson
MU07 Dorothy Jones
MU08 Fighters Against Child Abuse Australia
MU09 Joyce Page
MU10 Robin Margo
MU11 Emilia Della Torre
MU12 Lisbeth Allen
MU13 Yvette Pritchard
MU14 Derrick Zabow
MU15 Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia
MU16 Domenic Pezzano
MU17 Iris Ryall
MU18 Allan Miles
MU19 Diane Singer
MU20 Police Associate of NSW
MU21 James Mohr
MU22 NSW Bar Association
MU23 Colin Hesse
MU25 Julie Marshall
MU26 University of Newcastle Legal Centre
MU27 Carlotta McIntosh
MU28 Women's Safety NSW
MU29 Jane Quin
MU30 Eileen Culleton
MU31 Victims of Crime Assistance League
MU32 Judith McCallum
MU33 Domestic Violence NSW
MU34 Women's Legal Service NSW
MU35 Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety
MU36 Legal Aid NSW
MU37 Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
MU53 Tess Knight