Petition Abolish suspended sentences for any violent crime with a weapon

Amend the Sentencing Bill 2023 to include a clause abolishing suspended sentences for any violent crime with a weapon. Under current laws, an attacker can cause a life-threatening injury causing a permanent irreversible injury or condition and not serve time. We believe this is wrong.

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My daughter was stabbed repeatedly in an assault that punctured her lung and left her scarred for life - physically and emotionally. Doctors told her she was lucky to be alive. Yet her attacker - although convicted of grievous bodily harm - walked free from court on a suspended sentence. Because the sentence was for only two years, it could be suspended. I don't want other families to go through the trauma we have, seeing a child's convicted attacker receive only a suspended sentence.

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Date closed 30 May 2024
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