Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Alexander: Lesser jail term rewards killer
Tuesday, 1 March 2005
Alexander: Lesser jail term rewards killer
Killer Hori Ritchie Slade's reduced sentence has no place in a true justice system, United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander said today.
Speaking after the Court of Appeal cut Slade's original 17-year sentence to 10-years yesterday, citing his youth and poor upbringing as factors, Mr Alexander said there was only one over-riding concern: "Is Slade's victim, Richard Harcombe, any less dead because one of his killers was young and brought up by a terrible family?"
"Until courts start from that point, we will not have true justice attached to violent crime.
"None of the factors the court cited yesterday will be on any consolation to Mr Harcombe's family. None of them give him his life back, therefore none of them should be used to lighten the punishment on a killer," he said.
ENDS
Gordon Campbell: On unemployment, Winston Peters’ low boiling point and music criticism
Labour Party: National Gaslights Women Fighting For Equal Pay
The Treasury: New Treasury Paper On The Productivity Slowdown
NZ Government: Government Recommits To Equal Pay
Emily Ireland - Local Democracy Reporter: Deputy Mayor ‘disgusted’ By Response To Georgina Beyer Sculpture
Te Pāti Māori: Māori Unemployment Rate Increases By More Than Four-Times National Rates
Government: Streamlining Building Consent Changes
