Crime Victims Support Association

Frank Vincent’s recent summary about our Judicial System is spot on to say the least. This great man says here that our very ill judicial system bumbles along re-victimizing, leaving in it’s wake victims families and victims themselves traumatized for life.

I met Judge Frank Vincent around 16 years ago when we were looking to bring in Victim Impact Statements, as I found a lot of
opposition coming from the judicial bench and defense barristers. I asked Frank what he thought about V.I.S. and he replied that he saw the families of the victims in court and that he knew what they were going through, the pain, the suffering.

I then said, that he made us aware of that in his court, but that many of his fellow judges didn’t (they were all blokes in the Supreme Court then).

He looked at me with that twinkle only he can get in his eyes, and said that I was right and with that encouragement, we went out and got V.I.S. into our courts.

Now talking about courts being blokes, a barrister who is good at what he does, and you wonder how he sleeps at night, came out and said at a cartel gathering “if you haven’t got testicies you stand a better chance of becoming a judge”, causing well known libertarian and now Judge Felicity Hampel to walk out…Poor old Felicity, no balls no guts!

Now I have to agree for once with that law rat barrister. Even those with testes, 80% of judges have no balls when it comes to sentencing.

Enjoy what Frank has to say it is so true…

Continue reading A great retired Judge who is loved and respected by all outside the Legal Cartel →

Midday, at the steps of Parliament House on Tuesday 10th August, please join us for a Public Rally to send a message loud and clear to Premier Brumby and Attorney General Hulls that Enough is Enough!!!

Enough of Mickey Mouse justice for murderers, rapists pedophiles and violent thugs!

FIX IT NOW NOT AFTER THE ELECTION and we want it written in stone or we will make them accountable on Election Day!

To victims, supporters, and the communities at large, we cordially invite you all to attend. Bring your signs and lets get our message across that has for so long been ignored by this government and the judiciary.

Hear our victims speak about the travesty of justice imposed on them by a bleeding heart government who put criminals rights first.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Noel McNamara President

Crime Victims Support Association Inc.
“To make Justice a right not Privilege”
PO Box 8150 Ferntree Gully 3156
Telephone (03) 9758 4512 Mobile 0419 897 615
Please visit our Web sites www.cvsa.asn.au or the
Crime Victims Advocate www.observationdeck.org/noel/

Some like to call it the Suppression Capital of the World, however I see it as what judges think which i “justice must not only to be seen as not to be done, but has to be not done.

One can only wonder what long woolly haired Social Engineer thought this one up in his/hers bleeding heart.

You have to ask yourself will that ratbag and the judiciary be accountable when these deviants re-offend?

London to a brick it will be “not on your Nelly”…

Continue reading Behind the Judicial Curtain →

The trial of this scumbag Luke Middendorf ended today with the scumbag receiving a sentence of 12 years maximum with a minimum of 8 years. You can read about below.

Now I have to say the criminals number one lawman is (“he is supposed to be on our side, but it is not hard to tell who he bats for”) Rob Hulls…

When I was unfortunate enough to become a member of the club that no one wishes to join…The Homicide Victims…The first bit of information I came across in my research was the jails’ revolving door.

Prisoners received a day off for each day served, in other words 20 years inside meant you were out in 10 years. That of course was brought in by Attorney General at the time Jim Kennon a bleeding heart like Hulls who I think worked in the Kennon Justice Department at the time.

I have to say little has changed with these guys, they are still extremely merciful to violent criminals, and are intent on getting them back on our streets as early as possible.

When provocation was abolished after the uproar regarding the sentence of James Ramage for murdering his wife in cold blood, the up roar from the public made Hulls do a back flip, something he is doing a lot of lately with and election coming up (strangely the back flip changes are after the election, the arrogance of Hulls and Brumby is outrageous).

When Hulls removed provocation from his list he said that the defense of provocation promoted a culture of blaming the victim and has no place in modern society. Well, number one lawman for the criminal Rob Hulls, Defensive Homicide has to be given the boot before the election other wise I know where that well directed boot will be going Rob!

Continue reading Hulls’ new revolving door →

What you are about to read is very well presented from the heart by mum Shaye Beck in court today. It is now part of the victims families right to explain to the judge, the court, and more specially the murderer of the effects on family and friends of the heinous crimes committed against a much loved daughter, and or family loved ones.

It has been a long fight by victims family’s to get this right let all use from now on, if you need more information on VIS, please contact me.

Now at it has come to my attention that some parents of murdered loved ones are being directed to sit in the court gallery. This is against the Victims Charter. It is your rights to sit in the body of the court with dignity throughout the trial.

Please take the time to read the following statement from Shaye Beck…

Continue reading A mothers Victim’s Impact Statement as told by Jade’s mum in the Supreme Court today →

We must have an ICCC in Victoria because our much on the noses Premier Brumby and Att. Gen. Rob Hulls just don’t get it.

Brumby seems to (or wants to) put it down to being all about scumbag and recently departed Carl Williams, and he could not be further from the truth.

Williams and the gangster’s moll Roberta have been bleeding the taxpayers to keep themselves from doing an honest days work like the rest of us who don’t sell drugs of mass destruction to kids. And let’s not forget that a lot of those kids finish up dying shocking deaths from killer drugs.

Now the new Corporation Police Command think it’s like running a corporation, so they take scumbag Carl and his dad from Barwon prison down the coast for a fun weekend.

The moll goes to court on tax charges that somehow get dropped. The moll unlike most of us, doesn’t need a license to drive and gets picked up by police, goes to court and is told not to do it again for the umpteenth time.

Then we have the exclusive grammar school where more taxpayers money goes all to stop the moll from working. What next, a Super box at the MCG and Docklands???!!!

A still serving ex cop from homicide told me they found out no more than they did, with a phone book at no expense to the public, I’ve got to say I have a preference for the phone books.

We don’t have to go to a third world country to see what it looks like when a government loses it’s way with the judiciary, big time crime and violence. We even had the best drug squad that money could buy!

In recent years the state government has a murder rate that per head of population, rivals anywhere in the western world.

We have a very good police force on the ground that is hamstrung by social engineers in the Corporation with a softly softly approach to violence on our streets, and big time criminals chasing the drug trade that is rife in our once splendid city.

Brumby continues to tell us our streets are the safest in Australia as we reach even higher levels of organised crime than ever before. Brumby and his side kick bleeding heart Hulls continue to bury their heads in the sand.

Now we have just had on of our best judges ever retire from the Supreme Court bench. Who better could we have to head up the Independent Crime and Corruption Commission?

Continue reading Independent Crime & Corruptions Commission →

I have to say that the support we at CVSA get from the media is in itself magnificent. When we started of on this journey to make Justice a Right not a Privilege, I use to say to my family, and the few victims that started with us, it is like you are on your own and bashing your head up against a brick wall. Now for want of a better phrase, “the worm is starting to turn”…

So I now dare to dream of Christmas and that by then, Brumby and Hulls will be gone, as well as their gang of bleeding hearts.

Oh yes, I dare to dream of piss weak judges being dispatched from the bench in great numbers!

Enough of the wrist slapping

* Staff Writer
* From: Herald Sun
* March 21, 2010 6:09PM

TRUTH in jail sentencing, which was recommended by the Sentencing Advisory Council more than three years ago and promised by the Victorian Government by last year, remains a shameful lie.

Victims of violent crimes and their families see offenders walk free from the courts when they should be behind bars.

As reported in today’s Herald Sun, sex offenders, armed robbers, drug traffickers and vicious thugs are among those given fully suspended sentences by the courts.

The latest figures show the state’s higher courts handed out a higher percentage of fully suspended sentences than in any other mainland state.

It is a sorry and unjust law that allows one in four offenders convicted in the Supreme and County courts to go free. They serve not one day in jail.

The percentage is more than four times that of suspended sentences handed out by magistrates and even that figure is too high.

The Crime Victims’ Support Association describes suspended sentences as a disgrace and says Victoria must be the laughing stock of the justice world.

Association president Noel McNamara is right. We are in a state of injustice.

The Herald Sun has campaigned vigorously for an end to this farce and will continue to do so.

Attorney-General Rob Hulls said in 2006 that under proposed reforms “jail means jail”. Not so Mr Hulls.

The reforms have not come and the suspended sentences you said most people regarded as “a slap on the wrist” and a “get out of jail free card” continue.

A review of the use of suspended sentences is due later this year and Premier Brumby and Attorney-General Hulls must move quickly to legislate meaningful changes before the Victorian election in November.

I believe our American friends have it right, but would think 14 year olds would fit the bill here. Sending them into the juvenile Justice System controlled by the Department of Human Services is disgraceful and an insult to victims and their families. This should be rectified in the interest of true justice. What do you think?

A judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania boy, who was only 11 years old when he was accused of shooting his father’s pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head with a shotgun, will be tried as an adult. Jordan Brown faces first-degree murder charges for both Kenzie Marie Houk and her unborn child.

Brown, 12, could face life in prison if convicted in adult court.

“This offense was an execution-style killing of a defenseless pregnant young mother. A more horrific crime is difficult to imagine,” Lawrence County Judge Dominick Motto said.

Brown is accused of taking his youth-model 20-gauge shotgun into Houk’s bedroom on Feb. 20, 2009 and while she was laying on the bed. She was 8-1/2 months pregnant at the time. Prosecutors said he was jealous of his father’s new girlfriend and her unborn son.

The judge heard evidence and testimony from both the prosecution and the defense before refusing to move the case to juvenile court. Under Pennsylvania law, defense attorneys have to convince the judge that Brown would be more amenable to rehabilitation in the juvenile system.

Evidence the judge considered from the prosecution included:

* Brown wrapped his shotgun in a blanket so that Houk’s 7-year-old daughter would not see it as he walked to Houk’s bedroom.

* He took the spent shells with him and threw them away on the way to school.

* Tests showed the shells were fired from his shotgun.

* He continues to deny to even his own doctors that he shot Houk.

Judge Motto said he relied on prosecution psychiatrist, Dr. John O’Brien’s assessment in making his ruling. O’Brien found that Brown was trying to minimize his wrongdoing and shift blame.

VICTIMS of hundreds of the state’s most vicious criminals – including 141 killers – are keeping an eye on when their attackers are moving within the prison system or likely to leave jail.

The Herald Sun has learned that six years after the Victims’ Register was set up by the State Government, more than 650 victims have used the scheme.

But victims groups say information is too hard to get.

Families of 101 murder victims, 19 killer drivers, 17 manslaughters and four defensive homicides are tracking their loved ones’ killers behind bars.

Also keeping tabs on their attackers are 156 victims of sex attacks, including 42 rapes, 37 incest attacks, 16 cases of sex with a minor and 61 other sexual assaults.

The victims of 113 other violent crimes including violent burglaries, armed robberies, serious assaults and abductions are also tracking offenders.

he number of people on the register has doubled since culpable driving offences and major parole breaches were added four years ago.

But the 410 people on the register still represent less than 1 per cent of the 43,971 victims of violent crimes in 2008-09.

Crime Victims Support Association president Noel McNamara said the scheme needed better promotion.

He said many victims still called the association wanting details of an offender’s imminent release, unaware the register existed.

“When you’re traumatised and in a court system you’ve never been in before, you find it hard to take in all the things that are happening,” he said.

“They should employ someone to speak to victims.”

Opposition corrections spokesman Andrew McIntosh said while not all victims wished to know of attackers’ movements, information on the register should be routinely given to victims so they could make their own choice.

A Justice Department spokeswoman said the register was the best way for victims to receive information on offenders in jail, under extended supervision, in home detention or under supervision after leaving jail.

Victims are told if an offender is to be paroled and can oppose early release and tell the Parole Board the impact the crimes had on them.

The are also told a prisoner’s earliest release date; if they are given home detention or are eligible for release on rehabilitation and transition permits; if their parole is cancelled; if they are transferred interstate or overseas; and if they escape.

* Peter Mickelburough
* From: Herald Sun
* March 16, 2010 12:00AM