32nd Murderer, Ivan Milat – Victims: Deborah Everist (19) and James Gibson (19), Simone Schmidl (21), Anja Habschied (20) and Gabor Neugebauer (20), Joanne Walters (22) and Caroline Clarke (21)
Ivan Milat
Seven young victims of
Ivan Milat
The backpacker murders were a spate of serial killings that took place in NSW, between 1989 and 1993, committed by Ivan Milat. The bodies of seven missing young people aged 19 to 22 were discovered partially buried in the Belanglo State Forest, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south-west of the NSW town of Berrima. Five of the victims were foreign backpackers (three German, two British) and two were Australian travellers from Melbourne. Milat was convicted of the murders on 27 July 1996 and was sentenced to seven consecutive life sentences, as well as 18 years without parole. He died in prison on 27 October 2019, having never confessed to the murders for which he was convicted.
Ivan Milat was Never To Be Released from Maximum Security Incarceration ultimately cost the NSW Public Purse $4.4625m ($175,000 pa x 25½ years jail).
Question re 32th Murderer
Should the Crimes Act 1900 No 40 19A ‘Punishment for murder’ have been altered in early 1996 where the level of proof is Beyond Any Doubt of Guilt to sentence execution by hanging by the neck as the maximum penalty for murder due to the cruel callous way that Ivan Milat murdered 7 young people over a four year period?
Should Ivan Milat have been Sentenced to death in 1996?
Write responses to above two questions re 32nd Murderer on the 'Peer Reviewer's Responses to Sentences Form' Word document