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Insights into sentencing reform with the Hon Bob Debus AM

Insights into sentencing reform with the Hon Bob Debus AM

Update: 2022-10-21
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Welcome to the very first episode of Sentencing Explained!

Join podcast host and Chair of the Sentencing Council, Peter McClellan AM KC, for a discussion with former NSW Attorney General, Bob Debus. They revisit the tense political climate that led to major reforms in sentencing law and the Council’s establishment in 2003.

The public had an increasing interest in the sentencing process and a perception that the government and judges were soft on crime. Bob provides insight into how politicians were keen to shift this view. He unpacks how courts maintained judicial discretion while law-and-order politics – aka ‘the war on crime’ – was taking hold. Listen in to find out more.

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Insights into sentencing reform with the Hon Bob Debus AM

Insights into sentencing reform with the Hon Bob Debus AM

NSW Sentencing Council