The Sensible Sentencing Trust has written to the Solicitor General demanding the home detention sentence of the Hawke's Bay father who admitted breaking his baby daughter's legs be reconsidered.
James Robert Hall, of Napier, was sentenced to 12 months' home detention when he appeared before Justice Mary Peters in the Napier High Court this month after causing the injuries to his daughter before she was 4 months old.
Lobbyist Garth McVicar said the trust's letter was the result of dozens of phone calls, emails and text messages it had received from people condemning Hall's sentence. Hundreds of people also expressed their disdain on Facebook and social media.
"My aim is that we want the whole verdict appealed and the sentence appealed," Mr McVicar said. "It also gives people a vehicle to vent their frustration and anger at the sentence."
The letter disagreed with the reasoning for Hall's home detention sentence and questioned the message it sent about child abuse.