量刑过度宽鬆，政府急需推动改革

法院对受刑人量刑过度宽鬆，此举已造成大量重刑犯被无罪释放或重案轻判的结果。 维州上诉法院裁定的 “社区假释令”，允许重案受刑人在有条件的情况下假释，适用于非法入侵住宅、蓄意严重伤害、儿童性虐待、强姦和杀人等罪名。

自由党联盟针对现今过度宽鬆的量刑已多次呼吁改革，但政府的回答始终是 “目前还在观察与了解阶段，等结果变得更清晰后再採取行动＂。

没有知识也要有常识，政府管理要懂得算帐，尤其是社区利益和人民安全的帐。子曰：”过而不改，是谓过矣” ， 所谓观察和了解阶段应要告一段落，如今要做的是推动法律改革，改正法院对重刑犯判决过度宽鬆的问题，如此也才能妥善保护社区居民的安全。

英文版/English version

Government must act on weak sentencing ruling

Large numbers of serious offenders are being released with no or minimal jail terms as a result of a court ruling.

Victoria’s Court of Appeal has ruled that a “community correction order”, where the offender is released on conditions, can be suitable for offences such as home invasion, intentionally causing serious injury, child sex abuse, rape and homicide.

Coalition MPs have been repeatedly calling on the government to act, yet all the government will say is that it is “monitoring” the situation and will act if “it becomes clear” that it should.

The time for “monitoring” is over. The government must legislate to tell the courts they’ve got it wrong and the community must be properly protected.