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NationalDecember 7

Govt raises youth justice age to 18

The youth justice age will be raised to 18 - a move that has been welcomed by the Human Rights Commission, but greeted warily by the police union.

NationalJune 20

Sister 'very hopeful' over Lundy appeal

Mark Lundy's sister is ''very hopeful'' the Privy Council will quash her brother's murder convictions and order a new trial - while her husband has revealed their anger over how police failed to disclose a document which was important to his defence.

NationalNovember 3

Judge questions jury trials

A judge has questioned whether lengthy drug trials should be heard by jurors after one expected to take eight weeks was aborted.

NationalApril 29

Urewera trial bill nears $3.9m

About $3.9 million of taxpayers' money has been spent investigating, prosecuting and defending the 18 people arrested in the Urewera raids.

NationalApril 10

Paralysed cop backs plan to keep worst crims inside

A former police officer left paralysed when a repeat offender stabbed him is applauding the Government's plan to make it possible to hold high-risk criminals in prison for longer than their sentences.

NationalMarch 7

Collins cool on sex crime court reform

Justice Minister Judith Collins looks set to shelve reforms set in motion by her predecessor Simon Power, including moves to an inquisitorial system for victims of sexual crimes.

NationalNovember 2

NZ First plans hard labour for repeat offenders

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is planning to shorten jail sentences for repeat offenders but make life behind bars more difficult with a regime of hard labour.

NationalOctober 26

Bail to get tougher for nasty-crime accused

Bail will be tougher to get for those accused of the worst crimes, under proposed changes announced yesterday by Justice Minister Simon Power.

NationalSeptember 20

Family Court counselling could face axe

Family Court counselling could face the axe, with a review raising questions about the effectiveness of the service and whether taxpayers should be footing the bill.

NationalJune 15

Restorative justice to get $2m extra in funding

Adult restorative justice services are receiving an extra $2 million in funding by the Government, Justice Minister Simon Power announced today.

NationalJune 10

Couple's 'frenzied' knife attacker jailed

An unexplained, unprovoked knife attack on a Christchurch couple led to a man today being jailed for six years, nine months.

NationalMay 3

Two men charged over double fatal crash

Two men were arrested and charged this morning in relation to a double fatal road crash in Manawatu in February.

NationalApril 27

Teen sentenced for killing kitten

A 19-year-old Auckland man killed a kitten with an empty beer bottle because he "didn't like cats", a court has been told.

NationalApril 21

Teen drink driver jailed for killing woman

A teenage drink driver who killed a seven-month pregnant Levin woman has been jailed for more than two years.

NationalApril 20

Guilty plea from puppy killer

A Te Kuiti man has pleaded guilty to beating to death a six-month-old puppy with a golf club.

NationalApril 13

Crackdown on legal aid

Legal aid users will have to front up with $100 and pay interest on debt under proposed changes by the Government to slash costs.

NationalApril 12

Teen jailed for machete attack on officer

A Manawatu teen was today jailed for eight years and three months for the attempted murder of a Taihape policeman last year.

NationalApril 6

Hamill continues quest for justice for slain brother

Former Olympic rower Rob Hamill takes a step closer in his quest for justice for his murdered brother Kerry tomorrow.

NationalMarch 30

Horse breeder gets life for wife's murder

A Waikato horse breeder convicted of murdering his wife has been jailed for at least 11 years.

NationalMarch 23

New High Court judge announced

Wellington barrister John Stephen Kos QC will be sitting on the other side of the bench next month.

NationalMarch 23

Rapist jailed after delays

Wairarapa rapist Jareth James Fittall, 23, was sentenced in Wellington District Court this morning to two years and eight months in jail.

DunedinMarch 16

Otago criminals pay $82,818

Otago criminals have paid more than $82,000 since a $50 levy for each convicted offender was introduced last year.

NationalMarch 7

Man gets life for killing toddler

A Wanganui man was today jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years for kicking to death his partner's 2-year-old son.

NationalMarch 3

Sentencing delayed for second strike offender

Sentencing has had to be delayed in an historic Christchurch case -- New Zealand's first second strike violent offender.

NationalMarch 2

Artist sentenced to life imprisonment

Rotorua artist, carver, and tattooist Christopher Allan Heenan has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Ruakawa Newton.