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11月11日新西兰司法部消息，政府推进三振法。司法部长克里斯·法福伊今天上午宣布，政府正在履行竞选承诺，通过实施《三振立法废除法案》，废除《三振法》。
司法部长克里斯·法福伊(Kris Faafoi)说：”三振制度是新西兰司法系统的一个反常现象，它规定法官必须作出何种判决，而不考虑相关因素。这导致了一些荒谬的结果。例如，在一个案件中，一个人因犯罪被判处10年监禁，而判刑法官表示，他们通常会判处18个月监禁。
最近我们甚至看到这种情况，最高法院不得不干预一个长期患有严重精神疾病的个人的案件，以纠正法院所说的极其严重，以违反《人权法案》的情况。那些支持这项法律的人认为，这将改善公共安全——但情况并非并非这样。证据仍然压倒性，自2010年实施以来，暴力犯罪率没有影响。其他司法管辖区也废除了各自版本的三项罢工条款，包括北领地，加州在 2012 年废除了其三振法的各个方面。
在三振法出台之前，有许多法官因犯罪而判处长期监禁或其他严厉处罚的例子”。
司法部长克里斯·法福伊说：”2001年奥克兰RSA谋杀案中，有一人被判无期徒刑，30年不得假释。新西兰法律中已经存在其他判刑选择和命令，这些选择和命令为法官提供了实施与应用程序中的三振法相同的限制的工具罗普瑞特案例，例如：
对重犯的预防性拘留，公共保护和延长监督令，最低监禁期，以及处以最高刑罚，最高可判处无期徒刑。 当《三振立法废除法案》成为法律时，法官将继续能够对严重罪犯判处重刑。他们还将能够考虑到一系列相关因素，并调整处罚，以适应犯罪″。
《2010年判刑和假释改革法》制定了三振法。法律要求法官作出特定判决，而不允许他们考虑犯罪的严重性或与犯罪者和罪犯有关的其他情况。
内阁已经同意，根据三振制度，《三振立法废除法案》将看到已经根据三振制度被判刑的人按原先的刑期服刑。但内阁已同意邀请特别委员会考虑该法案是否（如果是，如何）包括对已经被判刑的三振者的规定。
司法部长说：”这将使公众、反对派政治家和其他有关各方有机会就这一和其他问题提出意见，我强烈鼓励人们对这项重要的立法提出建意”。
更多信息可在司法部网站上找到：https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/key-initiatives/repeal-of-the-three-strikes-law
11 November，Government moves on “three strikes” law
The Government is delivering on its election campaign commitment to repeal the Three Strikes law with the introduction of the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill, Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has announced.
“The three strikes regime is an anomaly in New Zealand’s justice system that dictates what sentences judges must hand down irrespective of relevant factors,” Kris Faafoi said.
“It has led to some absurd outcomes. In one case, for example, a person was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for an offence for which the sentencing judge indicated that they would, ordinarily, have imposed 18 months in prison.
“We have even seen the situation, recently, where the Supreme Court had to intervene in the case of an individual with long-standing and serious mental illness to correct what the Court said was so disproportionately severe that it breached the Bill of Rights.
“Those who backed the law argued it would improve public safety – it has not. The evidence remains overwhelming that there has been no effect on violent crime rates since its implementation in 2010.
“Other jurisdictions have also repealed their own versions of three strike provisions, including the Northern Territory, and California repealed aspects of its three strikes law in 2012.
“Before the three strikes law was introduced here there were numerous examples of judges imposing lengthy periods of imprisonment, or other severe penalties, in response to offending.
“One person convicted of the 2001 RSA murders in Auckland received a life sentence, without possibility of parole for 30 years,” Kris Faafoi said.
The Minister of Justice said other sentencing options and orders exist in New Zealand law already which provide judges the tools to impose the same restrictions as provided by the three strikes law in appropriate cases, such as:
preventive detention for repeat serious offenders,
public protection and extended supervision orders,
minimum periods of imprisonment, and
imposing maximum penalties, up to life imprisonment.
“When the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill becomes law, judges will continue to be able to impose severe sentences on serious offenders. They will also be able to take a range of relevant factors into account and tailor the penalty to fit the crime,” Kris Faafoi said.
The three strikes law was put in place by the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act 2010. The law requires judges to hand out particular sentences without allowing them to consider the seriousness of the offending or other circumstances surrounding the offending and the offender.
Cabinet has agreed that the Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill, as introduced, will see people who are already sentenced under the three strikes regime serve their sentence as originally imposed. But Cabinet has agreed to invite select committee to consider whether (and, if so, how) the bill should include provisions for those who have already been sentenced under three strikes.
“This will give the public, opposition politicians and other interested parties the opportunity to make submissions on this and other issues, and I strongly encourage people to have their say on this important piece of legislation,” Kris Faafoi said.
Further information is available on the Ministry of Justice website here: https://www.justice.govt.nz/justice-sector-policy/key-initiatives/repeal-of-the-three-strikes-law
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