Members
Current Members of the NSW Sentencing Council are:
In addition, Mr Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner, Corrective Services NSW, attends Council meetings on behalf of Corrective Services with observer status.
The Honourable Jerrold Cripps QC (Chairperson)
The Hon Jerrold Cripps QC commenced his term as Chairperson of the Council on 14 November 2009 having recently completed a five-year term as Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). He Practised as a barrister in New South Wales and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1974. He was appointed to the District Court of New South Wales in 1977, was Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court from 1985 to 1992, and was appointed to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in 1992. Mr Cripps has also served as Chairman of the NSW Legal Aid Commission, president of the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board and a part-time commissioner of the HSW Law Reform Commission.
The Honourable James Wood AO QC (Deputy Chairperson, currently Acting Chairperson)
James Wood has been Chairperson of the NSW Law Reform Commission since January 2006 and was Chairperson of the NSW Sentencing Council from 2006-2009. In December 2007 he was appointed to conduct the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in New South Wales. Mr Wood was Chief Judge at Common Law, 1998-2005, having been appointed a Supreme Court Judge in 1984. He was also Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Police Corruption, 1994-1997 and previously a full-time Commissioner with the Law Reform Commission, 1982-1984
Mr Howard W Brown OAM (Victims of Crime Assistance League)
Mr Howard W Brown is a community representative on the NSW Victims Advisory Board and represents the Board on the DNA Review Panel. He is the Deputy President of the Victims of Crime Assistance League. He is one of four members of the Council who represent the general community.
Mr David Hudson (Assistant Commissioner, NSW Police Force)
Assistant Commissioner David Hudson APM is the Commander of the State Crime Command. He has held this position since February 2008 when he was appointed as the head of the largest investigative arm of the NSW Police. His portfolio covers the investigation of all facets of serious and organised crime, Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime, Asian Crime. Drug Related Crime (Clandestine Laboratory Response). Firearms (Operational), Fraud (Computer Crime, identity crime), Gangs (Organised Criminal Networks), Homicide (Victims of Crime, Coronial Investigations), Intelligence, Middle Eastern Organised Crime, Property Crime (Arson, motor vehicle rebirthing, bush fires), Regulated Industries (Gaming and Racing, Casino). Robbery (Extortion, kidnap for ransom, product contamination), Sexual Assault, Child Protection (Child Protection Register, Child Internet Exploitation) and Security Licensing Enforcement. Having previously performed the roles of Acting Deputy Commissioner, Director of Operations in Professional Standards and as a Local Area Commander and Crime Manager, Assistant Commissioner brings an extensive knowledge of policing and criminal investigation to his role on the Sentencing Council.
Mr N R Cowdery AM QC (Former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions)
Nicholas Cowdery QC is the Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of New South Wales. He has held this position since 1994. He worked as a Public Defender in Papua New Guinea until 1975 and then in private practice at the Sydney Bar until 1994. In 1987 he was appointed one of Her Majesty’s Counsel. He has been President of the International Association of Prosecutors since 1999; is Chairman of the Criminal Law Committee of the Section on Legal Practice of the International Bar Association (IBA) and a member of the Council of the Human Rights Institute of the IBA. Mr Cowdery is one of three members of the Council with criminal law or sentencing expertise. He has particular experience in the area of prosecution.
Ms Megan Davis (Director, Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales)
Megan Davis BA (UQ), LLB (UQ), Grad Dip Leg Pract (ANU), LLM (ANU) is an Associate Professor of Law and Director, Indigenous Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales. Megan is also an Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court. Megan is a United Nations Expert member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples at UNNY. Megan is also an Australian member of the International Law Association's Indigenous Rights Committee and is a member of the Expert Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Megan is an admitted Lawyer of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory although currently not practicing. Megan also completed a PhD in Law from the Australian National University in 2010.Mr Mark Ierace, SC (Senior Public Defender)
Mr Ierace was appointed as Senior Public Defender in 2007 and is the Council member with expertise in defence. Prior to this appointment, Mr Ierace was a consultant to the NSW Law Reform Commission, and In-house Counsel to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. From 2000 to 2004 he was Senior Prosecuting Trial Attorney with the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague, The Netherlands. Mr Ierace holds a BA (Syd); Dip Law (BAB); and LLM (International Law) (Syd). He was admitted as solicitor of the NSW Supreme Court in 1979 and as a Barrister in 1981, and was appointed as Senior Counsel in 1999.
Ms Martha Jabour (Homicide Victims Support Group)
Ms Martha Jabour, Executive Director of the Homicide Victims Support Group (HVSG), represents the HVSG on the Victims Advisory Board, the Victims Interagency Committee, the Homicide Squad Advisory Committee. She is also on the State Parole Authority of NSW as a community member, the Judicial Commission on the Conduct Division as a community member, on the Domestic Violence Death Review Team (DVDRT). Ms Jabour is one of four members of the Council who represent the general community. She has particular experience in matters associated with victims of crime in particular homicide.Mr Ken Marslew AM (Enough is Enough Anti-Violence Movement)
Mr Ken Marslew AM founded the Enough is Enough Anti Violence Movement Inc. in late 1994 and represents Enough is Enough on the NSW Attorney General’s Victims Services Advisory Board, the Premier’s Council on Crime Prevention and the Corrective Services Restorative Justice Advisory Committee. Mr Marslew is one of four members of the Council who represent the general community. He has particular experience in matters associated with victims of crime.
Ms Penny Musgrave (Director, Criminal Law Review, Department of Justice and Attorney General)
Penny Musgrave was admitted to practise as a solicitor in 1986. In 1989 she joined the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. She practised across most areas prosecuted by the Commonwealth and most recently was a Senior Assistant Director managing the General Prosecutions Branch of the CDPP Sydney Office. In January 2008 she took up the role of Director, Criminal Law Review with the NSW Attorney General's Department. and represents the Council in this capacity.
Professor David Tait (University of Western Sydney)
David Tait is Professor of Justice Research at the University of Western Sydney, with a special interest in how court processes and spaces are experienced by justice participants. He leads four national Australian Research Council-funded research projects about jury decision-making, use of video communications with remote witnesses, court safety and security and the democratic aspects of the jury experience. In the area of sentencing he has done research on the use of imprisonment by magistrates, suspended sentences in Victoria, the impact of penal severity of magistrates on recidivism in NSW local courts, the use of sentencing information systems, and the role of juries in sentencing in France.
Mr Ron Woodham (Commissioner, Corrective Services NSW)
Ron Woodham joined the Prison Service in 1966. In 1992 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner Operations; five years later he was promoted to Senior Assistant Commissioner. In 2001 Mr Woodham was appointed Acting Commissioner of Corrective Services, and in January 2002 became Commissioner of Corrective Services, the first prison officer to hold the position in the 128-year history of the Department. In 1980 Mr Woodham received a commendation from the Minister for Corrective Services for bravery in the line of duty following an incident at the Malabar Training Centre at Long Bay. He has received five citations for devotion to duty in hostage situations in prisons as well as the recapture of a high-profile escapee known as the Eastern Suburbs Rapist.
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