Victims support group urges parties to back minimum sentences for murderers

An advocacy group for families of homicide victims is urging political parties to back laws allowing judges to impose minimum prison terms for murderers.

None of the parties' manifestos contain proposals that support AdVIC's calls for new legislation which would give judges the legal option of imposing minimum sentences – of 25, 30 or 40 years – that murderers would have to serve in prison before being let out.