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4 July 2019

Mr. Nick Greiner                               

PO Box 6004

Kingston  ACT  2604
 

Dear Mr. Greiner 

A photo of then NSW Opposition Leader, Nick Greiner, in 1987 holding a petition signed by 10,000 western suburbs citizens demanding the death penalty for the Anita Cobby killers.

The Writer has expended well over a hundred hours preparing a Discussion Paper titled Thinking Outside the Cell  -  available on a DVD or USB Stick Flash Drive with a plethora of embedded threads to easily navigate.

Do you know someone who -

A.        has a rudimentary understanding of the Criminal Justice System and wants the following four adverse consequences et al reduced -

 1.Baker's Dozen Unsustainable Problems Within Australian Prison System

 2.          Femicide and Filicide murders in Australia annually

 3.          Exceedingly high annual recidivism/re-offending rates in Australia;

 4.      The festering bomb at Goulburn SuperMax that houses Muslim extremists ensnared by the ISIS ideology of do-it-yourself violence (item 6 of Jail Is The University Of Crime) and

B.       believes that -

           *         some heinous murderers warrant Capital Punishment inter alia because maximum security incarceration costs $175,000 per prisoner p.a.; and

           *         other serious crimes warrant a Sentence of Corporal Punishment , where incarceration has previously failed as a Deterrent, because Recidivism in Australia's jails is over 50% within three years of release;

C.       will read the Writer's Discussion Paper Thinking Outside the Cell;

D.       will complete the Peer Review Form (Word document) and email it to you; and

E.       upon "someone" peer reviewing the Discussion Paper, if "someone" considers that it is comprehensive and convincing, would then enthuse the Sydney Institute of Criminology to -
i)        publish this Discussion Paper on its Crimnet website; or
ii)       provide an embedded thread/link to this Discussion Paper on Crimnet, where the Writer would publish his Discussion Paper elsewhere.

Thence, concerned Australian folk could each complete a Peer Review Form and/or log their 'Comments' on the Crimnet website.

Last April, the Writer posted a similar letter (to this letter) to Derryn Hinch, who was a Senator and head of the Justice Party, because Derryn Hinch has been reported as supporting the reintroduction of the death penalty.  Notwithstanding that Derryn Hinch has advocated for the re-introduction of Capital Punishment, the Writer did not receive a response, perhaps occupied with the then pending Senate elections.

Invariably, the problem with a national referendum on an issue such as the re-introduction of the death penalty, is that all pertinent costs and benefits (changes/outcomes/ramifications) are not provided to the people that are asked to vote on such a referendum issue.  Brexit is an archetypal example, where the David Cameron led Govt. that announced the referendum, had little understanding of the consequences of a YES outcome.  Hence, they could not explain the consequences to the people asked to vote.

The Writer's  Discussion Paper presents ALL TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE COSTS AND BENEFITS from the re-introduction of both Corporal Punishment and Capital Punishment under specified circumstances. 

The Writer, Philip Johnston, retired 12 years ago after 37 years working for one of the Four Pillar banks where, in the latter half, he administered as ‘Agent bank’ many large infrastructure projects (e.g. purchase of Sydney Airport and Brisbane Airports post-privatization, construction of Sydney Harbour Tunnel, construction of toll roads, gas pipelines, sewerage treatment plants, jail refurbs ‘et al’) on behalf of 1st ranking or 2nd ranking debt providers.   He attained a B.A. with a major in Economics and a Masters in Applied Finance - both from Macquarie University.

After reading, evaluating the relevance and filing in his Articles & Reports - Bibliography over 180 papers, submissions, articles, reports, the Writer completed his Discussion Paper titled Thinking Outside the Cell (available on DVD or USB Stick Flash Drive) that prosecutes the case to re-Sentence both -

A.       Corporal Punishment (in lieu of approx. 50% of existing prison Sentences imposed by the Commonwealth, State and Territory courts) to -
 *        Deter others from similarly transgressing for Suitable Male Criminals and for most Criminal Activities, except Sadistic, Brutal, Heinous, Unprovoked Murder; and
 *        evidence Justice for the Innocent Victim/s; and

B.       Capital Punishment for a few of the Most Monstrous Convicted Murderers each year if found guilty Beyond any doubt of a Sadistic, Brutal, Heinous, Unprovoked Murder/s,

in order to -

(a)      reduce the magnitude of a Baker's Dozen Problems within the Australian prison system that are ostensibly due to -

           (i)     Inept performance by our duly elected policy/law makers to reduce/mitigate the Dozen Unsustainable Prison Problems; and

           (ii)    Providers to the 'System' are Comfy Riding on the Gravy Train, cautious not to Upset the Applecart  or Rock the Boat ,
         because the Gravy Train is money-making for us all;

(b)      'cut' the horrendous annual homicide rates ostensibly caused by domestic violence;

(c)       free-up Australia's prison institutions for Rehabilitation, adopting the Restorative Justice Model Successfully Adopted in Scandinavia since the late 20th century, San Patrignano, Northern Italy and Texas Justice Reinvestment, in particular Improving Responses to People with Mental Illnesses with Specialist Drug & Alcohol Treatment to then incorporate Education and Vocational Training to instill self-belief and optimism due to the opportunity for a chance at a paid job; and

(d)       expedite custodial release back into the community by utilising an Electronic Monitoring Device, as taxpayers, into an employed job for a minimum of three months offered by Supportive ASX 200 Companies.

Texas in the USA has recently reversed its massive expenditure on prisons due to Justice Reinvestment.   Scandinavian countries have achieved success with Restorative Justice and do not experience the Baker's Dozen Problems to the same unsustainable extent as in the remainder of the USA states, the UK, Canada, Australia et al.  

Four Gears of Early Rehabilitation and Release forecasts the material reduction in the current $4b cost circa of the Australian Prison System upon the Public Purse by -

(a)      replacing approx half of current Jail Sentences for re-offenders with a Swift, Frightening and a Painful Dose of Corporal Punishment for Non-Murderous Crimes and for Suitable Male Criminals; and

(b)      re-introducing Capital Punishment. 

Baker's Dozen Unsustainable Problems is testimony that the more recent Warehouse Sentencing in some western countries, driven by Penal Populism, has failed Dozenly.  Over 50% of inmates released from Australian prisons in 2014 had returned to prison within three years. 

Logistics

A burnt DVD provides greater integrity than a USB Stick.  A DVD will auto-open (in a Windows operating system) at Discussion Paper by clicking at Windows pop ups on the lower RHS and then upper RHS of their screen when prompted, whereupon the peer reviewer can readily open the 'primary page' and click on the multiple embedded threads therein.

110+ Defined Terms avoid uncertainty/misinterpretation. 180+ documents, reports, articles, discussion papers et al in Articles & Reports - Bibliography are accessible via embedded threads.  In the vast majority of the 180+ Articles & Reports, the text from a downloaded PDF has been extracted and saved in a dedicated htm file.  Pertinent sections of text within those reports are background coloured.  The actual PDF of the primary source document/report/article is accessible by clicking on the initial thread at the top of the particular documents webpage.

None of the 180+ Articles & Reports that the Writer has researched has attempted what the Writer seeks to achieve, namely to present a Discussion Paper that sets out how to materially decrease the tangible and intangible costs/failings/weaknesses of Australia's Criminal Justice System, not limited to 1.  2. 3. and 4. in the above 'title/heading', so that academics/practitioners that profess to have an understanding of Australia's Criminal Justice System, and are concerned about 1.  2. 3. and 4. will -

A.        display requisite courage/concern to complete the Peer Review Form (Word document) that asks explicit questions re the findings and recommendations in the Discussion Paper, and invites their thoughts/comments; and

B.        email their completed Form to the politician, or former politician, that undertakes to accept and review them. 

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