Cue Cards argument 2

Question 1

Fixed mins Wont just deter, also protect.

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Answer 1

Fixed minimum sentences wouldn’t just deter potential offenders, it would help protect our community.

Question 2

Too often judges give out tiny sentences…

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Answer 2

Too often judges give out tiny sentences to teenagers in hopes of rehabilitation and too often the judges are wrong,

Question 3

POWERPOINT

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Answer 3

*more than 34% of teenagers convicted of crime will reoffend.

Question 4

We need to stop this, judges 1st priority should be protection, then…

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Answer 4

Weneed to stop this from happening, a judges first priority needs tobe the protection ofourcommunity, then rehabilitation.

Question 5

Only way to achieve = restrict teens with

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Answer 5

The only way to achieve this isby restricting violent teenagers, and todo that, we need fixed minimum sentences.

Question 6

Its often argued that rebuttal #1

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Answer 6

It’s often argued that having fixed minimum sentences would not allow judges to take into account special circumstances, and this simply isn’t true.

Question 7

Exceptional circumstances judges don’t

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Answer 7

If there are exceptional circumstances in a case, the judge will not have to follow the minimum sentences

Question 8

But when someone inflicts gross violence…

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Answer 8

but when someone inflicts intentional gross violence on innocent people, the community needs tobe protected, rehabilitation cannot be the only consideration when sentencing teenage offenders.

Question 9

Current sentences out of line with what we

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Answer 9

The sentences currently being applied are outof line with what we need to keep us safe.

Question 10

If we keep offenders in detention they cant

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Answer 10

If we keep offenders in detention, they can’t re-offend and inflict our community with gross violence.