NSW’s top judge slams mandatory sentences

Updated February 4 2014 - 9:51am, first published 9:00am

NSW’s top judge has criticised the O’Farrell government for introducing mandatory minimum jail terms for alcohol and drug-fuelled violence, rejecting claims judges are ‘‘soft on crime’’.

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