Court sentencing reform to increase rehabilitation, community based penalties

Tanya Marschke
Updated September 21 2018 - 7:03pm, first published 6:30pm
Suspended jail sentences get the axe in overhaul of court sentencing options
Suspended jail sentences get the axe in overhaul of court sentencing options

At a time when there’s a push by some people for courts to dole out harsher sentences, an Orange barrister has come out in support of an overhaul of sentencing laws which favour rehabilitation over incarceration.

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Tanya Marschke

Tanya Marschke

Journalist

I am based at Orange and cover a wide range of subjects as well as the weekly business column. I've worked consistently in the the media industry since 2006 including the past seven years at the Central Western Daily. Before moving to Orange, I worked as a journalist at weekly newspapers the Beaudesert Times and the Gold Coast Sun in Queensland, as well as the Scone Advocate in the Hunter Valley. I started my career at the Ridge News in Lightning Ridge while I completed my journalism studies remotely at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.

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