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Article: Vic: Jails terms doubled for causing serious injury
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- October 26, 2007
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AAP General News (Australia)
10-26-2007
Vic: Jails terms doubled for causing serious injury
MELBOURNE, Oct 26 AAP - Jail terms for drivers who are found guilty of negligently
causing serious injury to another person in a road accident will be doubled from five
to 10 years, says the Victorian government.
The decision to increase the maximum sentence follows a recommendation from the Sentencing
Advisory Council.
In its report, the council said the maximum penalty of five years in jail for negligently
causing serious injury in a road accident did not adequately reflect the seriousness of
the crime.
The council said there was too great a disparity between the maximum penalty for negligently