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Eleanor Wilson

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pledge to axe scheme culling years from prison terms - What They Never Told You

Boyd Unwin is distraught that his daughter's killer got more than a year knocked off his sentence. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Claims a scheme that frees criminals from jail early ended years ago is "smoke and mirrors", according to the grieving father of a woman whose killer had more than a year wiped from his sentence.

Convicted criminals in Victoria can receive compensatory sentence discounts for good behaviour in unforeseen circumstances, such as industrial disputes and lockdowns, known as emergency management days.

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