Labour just doesn’t get it – SST launches poll to prove it!

4th June 2015
In June 2010 the National government passed a “three strikes” (3S) law. On 3 June 2015 the Labour Party’s Justice Spokesperson Jacinda Ardern announced that Labour “wanted the law gone”. The law applies only to offences of serious violence, for which the punishment is seven years or more in prison. Thus far more than 5000 serious offenders have been caught by the law.

“The Labour Party’s ideological opposition to Three Strikes will guarantee they are destined to the opposition benches for a very long time” says a victims’ lobby group.

The Sensible Sentencing Trust – which was a driving force behind the 3S legislation - says it is astounded that the Labour party has lost the ability to connect with even their own supporters, and is launching a poll to test public opinion on 3S. Click here to take the Survey.

The Founder of SST, Garth McVicar, said that many Labour voters will have been beneficiaries of the 3S law and the resulting significant drop in recorded crime.

“While Labour might like to ridicule 3S as being a right-wing policy it is obvious that their ideology has blinded them to the reality of the facts”.

“It’s okay for Jacinda Ardern to sit in Parliament and say Labour wants 3S gone but she seems oblivious to the fact that many Labour voters would have benefited by the fact that recidivist offenders, who under Labour were simply being recycled, are now progressively serving longer jail time if they continue to offend. We suspect she also doesn’t realise many potential Labour voters are solidly behind the 3S law”.

“The only conclusion I can come to is that Labour are happy to spend a long long time on the opposition benches. The link to the poll in which the public can record their view is:
Click here to take the Survey.

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