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12 Aug 1895, Invercargill: The only woman to be executed in New Zealand. A "baby-farmer" convicted of killing children in her care. 53: Etienne Brocher (aka Stephen Bosher) 21 Apr 1897, Wellington: Convicted of the double murder of his neighbours. Brocher entered into their house and stabbed them to death during a robbery in Petone, Lower Hutt. 54
Prison sentences are administered by the Department of Corrections in correctional facilities. As of August 2015, New Zealand has 18 correctional facilities, 15 for male prisoners located from Kaikohe to Invercargill, and three for female prisoners located in the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. [20]
Invercargill Prison, in Invercargill, holds about 165 prisoners. Built in 1910, the prison operated as a borstal until 1981. In 2012 a rehabilitation programme was introduced at Invercargill Prison. [119] In May 2021, Invercargill Prison and Invercargill City Libraries launched a programme to boost literacy among prisoners.
The case involves the 1994 killing of Timothy Blaisdell during a drug deal robbery on the island of Maui. Cordeiro’s first trial ended in a hung jury, with only one juror voting to convict him.
This is a list of longest prison sentences ever given to a single person, worldwide. Listed are instances where people have been sentenced to jail terms in excess of a human lifetime, but effectively the same purpose. Note that many national legislations worldwide do not allow for such sentences.
The number of men sentenced for stalking and revenge porn offences has also increased substantially – from 1,384 in 2021 to 2,044 last year.
What happens if the former president is sentenced to jail in his New York trial?
Invercargill Tragedy [Baxter Family Murders] 8 April 1908: Invercargill: 7: Stove scraper, firearm Killer (James Reid Baxter) among dead Maungatapu murders: 21 February 1866: Maungatapu, Tasman: 5: Three members of a gang led by Richard Burgess were hanged for the murders Finnigan family murders September 1865: Otahuhu, Auckland: 4 or 5 [17]