The ACT Government's push for more jail time for Canberra's killer drivers looks set to fail in the Legislative Assembly.
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Both the ACT Greens and The Canberra Liberals have said this morning that they will not support the government's legislation which would have boosted the maximum sentence for culpable driving causing death to 14 years from the current seven.
The Liberals say they are worried that the legislation would remove aggravating features of the offence including the killing of pregnant women by dangerous driving, while the Greens want a full review of sentencing in the territory.
Attorney General Simon Corbell launched his push for tougher sentences in a blaze of publicity in May, but is now facing the almost certain defeat of his laws on the floor of the Assembly.
Mr Corbell made his move on the back public outrage over the sentence handed to a man whose driving killed two young people and maimed another in Canberra's south in 2009.
Owen Patrick Creighton was sentenced last year to two years and nine months' jail after pleading guilty to culpable driving causing the deaths of Megan Minney, 17, and Steven Rial, 20, and seriously injuring Rochelle Taylor, 19.
The apprentice plumber spent six months behind bars full-time, was released and is now serving a 12-month stint in weekend jail with the remainder of his sentence to be suspended.