"No Body, No Parole Rule" in Australia. A Sensible Rule and Judgment.
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'Greedy, narcissistic woman' who dismembered neighbour denied appeal
A killer seeking to have her sentence cut has revealed she ambushed her elderly neighbour before dismembering the body with a circular saw and burying it under her children's cubbyhouse.
In 2011, Adelaide woman Angelika Gavare was convicted of the 2008 murder of Vonne McGlynn, 83, and sentenced to a 32-year non-parole jail term.
Gavare, 49, murdered the pensioner as part of a plan to use her identity and steal her house and money.
In a judgment delivered today, Justice Sandy McDonald rejected Gavare's application, saying any move to change her sentence would provoke community outrage.
Thanks for your post w link.
The judge referred to the
"No Body, No Parole Rule" rule used by parole board.
IIUC, article quoted the judge's opinion:
"Police told the parole board Gavare
refused to co-operate for 10 years before providing "an apparently full and truthful account of her role in the murder of the victim".
"The Parole Board should consider the
timeliness of this co-operation, and the grief that inflicted on the family for 10 years - especially not knowing what happened to all the remains," a detective wrote."
"Failure to assist police prevented the recovery of all the missing body parts." bbm
Hurray for a judge's sensible decision in refusing to cut her sentence short.
@TootsieFootsie
Some of us here in the US would like to borrow some Aussie judges like this one.
Could you help us out pls?
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From the "Applications for release" Rules for Parole Bd to follow:
"Special provisions apply to life sentenced prisoners as follows:
"The ‘no body; no parole’ law: The Board must not release a life sentenced prisoner on parole unless the Board is satisfied that the prisoner has satisfactorily cooperated in the investigation of the offence."
The Parole Board makes orders for the release of prisoners serving a term of imprisonment of 12 months or more, but less than five years.
www.paroleboard.sa.gov.au
Altho some parole boards in a US state may have this specific "No Body, No Parole Rule" prohibition (IDK, maybe some do), it seems imo like a sensible factor for to consider in determining parole.
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Some background, another case, 40 yrs
w"No Body, No Parole Rule" in SA.
" ‘Lyn’s law’: NSW to enact ‘no body, no parole’ rule after Chris Dawson murder conviction"
"This article is more than
2 years old
"Killers to be prevented from accessing parole unless they reveal whereabouts of their victim’s remains....
“No body, no parole” laws will be strengthened in
New South Wales to motivate convicted killers to reveal the whereabouts of their victim’s body.
"The state’s premier, Dominic Perrottet, said legislation will be introduced into parliament this week, meaning convicted murderers will be denied any chance of parole unless they disclose the location of their victim’s remains."
