New legislation could deny Queensland child killer parole

Under strict new guidelines, the parole application of a man who slashed his nephew’s throat during a family celebration could be denied.

In accordance with a stringent new rule, a child killer’s eligibility for parole could be revoked for ten years.

Alan William Craig is incarcerated for life for the murder of his two-year-old nephew.

The strictest parole restrictions in the country are designed to reduce trauma for victims’ relatives.

They are reserved for murderers who kill children and conduct many homicides.

A Queensland killer serving life for slicing his nephew’s throat might be labeled a restricted prisoner by authorities, denying him the ability to seek for parole under draconian new legislation.

In 2006, Alan William Craig was convicted of murdering his two-year-old nephew Liam outside the family’s house in Yandaran, north of Bundaberg, and sentenced to prison.

In March 2006, he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a toddler who was sleeping in a parked car during a family party.

The strictest parole legislation in the nation, the new restrictions enacted in December aimed to reduce pain to victims’ families and the community caused by regular parole applications.

Under new parole laws enacted in December, the parole board president will consider designating Craig as a restricted prisoner. This decree prohibits the child murderer from seeking for parole for up to ten years, and there is no limit on the number of bans that can be issued.

The measures established in December, which have been described as the nation’s toughest parole legislation, are intended to reduce the trauma caused by parole applications to victims’ relatives and the community.

The president of the parole board has the option to rule that offenders serving life sentences for numerous murders or the murder of a child are ineligible for parole consideration.

Mark Ryan, the Minister of Corrective Services, stated that the laws were designed to target people who murder children and those who conduct serial murders.

Mr. Ryan told the legislature in December that criminals serving life sentences for the murder of a child or several killings have no right to expect release.

In fact, they might never be granted parole.

Under the law, they may never have the opportunity to seek for parole.

Friday is the date for the hearing.

The Minister of Correctional Services, Mark Ryan, stated that the murderers “may never be paroled.”