Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
61/100
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It took only a week after two mistaken identity gangland hits in as many days for the NSW government to introduce harsher penalties for child offenders linked to organised crime.
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government → take → crime
And therein lies the problem.
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problem → lie → ?
Marco Tapia, 23, and Joshua Macdonald, 40, died a day apart this month after being shot inside their homes in killings that bore the hallmarks of organised crime.
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that → die → crime
In both cases, police do not believe that the victims were the intended targets of the attacks.
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victims → believe → attacks
Neither man had any known links to organised crime.
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man → have → crime
In both cases, police later charged teenagers in relation to the crimes.
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police → charge → crimes
One of the children charged with murdering Tapia was just 14 years old.
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One → charge → Tapia
The apparently growing phenomenon of crime bosses recruiting teenage hitmen to eliminate their rivals, reportedly for as little as a few hundred dollars, is certainly one that demands a response.
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that → grow → response
Even before the alleged assailants in the Tapia case were identified as juveniles, he described the perpetrators as “bastards” and agreed that police had lost control of gang violence in Sydney.
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police → allege → Sydney
The new measures he announced last week to address gangland violence followed through on his rhetoric.
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he → announce → rhetoric
They include expanding the serious children’s indictable offences scheme to enable children committing offences linked to organised crime to face harsher penalties.
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children → include → penalties
Offenders charged under the scheme must be tried as adults in the District Court and Supreme Court, and they face longer prison sentences than if they were prosecuted in the Children’s Court.
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they → charge → Court
To be sure, this tougher stance will send a message to those repeat offenders who believe that the youth justice system offers nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
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system → send → wrist
But mollifying the law-and-order chest-beaters and addressing the problem are two different things.
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mollifying → mollify → problem
For other offences that might be caught by laws, sentencing is the wrong place to begin.
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sentencing → catch → laws
Children who carry out such actions are not rationally thinking through the consequences, far less weighing up potential penalties.
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who → carry → penalties
By the time a perpetrator is sentenced, the moment for their path to take a different turn has been long lost.
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path → sentence → turn
A Senate report into Australia’s youth justice system noted on Friday that community-based diversion and early prevention programs were more effective and less costly than incarceration to reduce offending and improve public safety.
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programs → note → safety
Such programs might include the one offered by the United Muslims of Australia, which Riley Walter reports in Monday’s Herald seeks to give boys a sense of belonging that many seek in criminal gangs.
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many → include → gangs
“You’ve got to ask yourself what those boys are finding in those gangs,” said UMA’s youth co-ordinator, Zaid Omran.
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ordinator → get → gangs
“They’re finding brotherhood, they’re finding identity, they’re finding social insurance, they’re finding a home away from home.”
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they → find → home
These take years and the involvement of many agencies to address.
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These → take → agencies
It’s just a lot less sexy to tackle the problem by doing what in many cases is already being done – but better.
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what → ’ → cases
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that → get → own
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