Mandatory sentencing: does it reduce crime? / RMIT ABC Fact Check.

Ultimo, N.S.W. : ABC News, 2014.

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Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- Australia.

Mandatory sentences -- Australia.

Crime prevention -- Australia.

King-hit assaults that kill in New South Wales will now carry a mandatory eight-year minimum sentence if alcohol or drugs are involved. Announcing the new laws, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said they would curb alcohol-related violence on Sydney's streets. But some in the legal community complain that mandatory sentencing won't work. - Publihser's website.

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