'Twenty-eight days is the same amount of time you have to return something to a shop.Justice should not have an expiry date'

TWENTY-EIGHT days. That's how long families like mine had to decide whether to challenge the sentence given to the person who murdered my 16-year-old sister Sasha and destroyed our lives.

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KATIE BRETT Sister of murder victim Sasha Marsden

Twenty-eight days - the same amount of time you have to return something to a shop.

When my sister's killer was sentenced, we were left reeling, emotionally broken, legally confused and suddenly facing a countdown.

We were given less than a month to process the verdict, understand the legal jargon and figure out if the sentence was "unduly lenient".

Meanwhile, defendants are given far longer to decide if they want to appeal.