Statistics NZ has just released conviction and sentencing data for 2010. A couple of stand-outs are the increasing use of home detention over its short history, and a leap in life sentences handed down.
In 2010 50 such sentences were imposed.
The closest year to that previously was 1997 when 37 sentences occurred. In the last ten years the average was 27 life sentences.
Is it just an aberration? Brains more familiar with the legal system might have an explanation.
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