justice Archive

  • frog

    The Tale of Sheriff Garrett and his Judge Dreddful Law - by frog



    I reckon new ACT MP David Garrett has been inspired by the George Bush/Dick Cheney/Donald Rumsfeld school of lawmaking when he drafted his “three strikes and you’re out” law. When told that his bill may breach the Bill of Rights Mr Garrett apparently suggested the Bill of Rights should be amended not his law.This is [...] read more
    March 3, 2009 2:41 pm - 24 Comments
  • Metiria Turei

    Three strikes bill gets two warnings, one more and it’s out? - by Metiria Turei



    Chris Finalyson, Attorney General has released the Bill of Rights report on the Three strikes and you’re out (Sentencing and Parole) bill. It won’t surprise you that the Bill fails the vet. The NZ Herald reports that there is an “apparent inconsistency” with the section of the Bill of Rights protecting New Zealanders against cruel, degrading [...] read more
    March 2, 2009 2:46 pm - 41 Comments
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    No Refuge for Labour’s Record On Jailing Refugees - by frog



    It is great news to me that an Iranian Christian convert -  after much suffering in New Zealand has finally been given refuge.  Ali Panah, a man so concerned at being sent back to Iran after he converted from Islam to Christianity, starved for seven weeks in 2007 to bring attention to his and other Iranians’ [...] read more
    February 18, 2009 2:16 pm - 57 Comments
  • frog

    Three strikes and you’re out of ideas - by frog



    The Herald is rightly pouring cold water on Rodney Hide’s lock ‘em up rhetoric.  The “three strikes and you’re out” penal policy was a good line in an election pitch but unless its application is narrowed in the small print of the policy it would require a fearful increase in prison accommodation. New Zealand has [...] read more
    November 13, 2008 2:48 pm - 91 Comments
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    Cowboy justice - by frog



    National’s law and order announcements are about as Wild West as they come. As Colin Espiner says: National has this morning bowed to those beating the law and order drum, releasing a parole policy so punitive it makes the United States look like a bastion of liberalism by comparison… The implications of National’s new policy [...] read more
    October 6, 2008 1:31 pm - 40 Comments
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    Norway’s eco-prison – ‘not liberal, just reasonable’ - by frog



    I’m fairly sure that prisons and prison sentences will find their way into the election Zeitgeist at some point this year. So this prison on a little island near Oslo is worth highlighting as counterpoint to the way we sometimes do things here. The prison, which houses murderers, rapists and drug dealers, has minimal security [...] read more
    April 1, 2008 9:10 am - 13 Comments
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    Green Achievements to 2007 - by frog



    December 7th was the eight year anniversary of a Green caucus in parliament. Sure, Rod and Jeanette were both in parliament for a term with the Alliance, but the Greens really began to punch above their weight class when they were joined by others after victory in 1999. This video was made to celebrate Green [...] read more
    December 16, 2007 1:55 pm - 30 Comments
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