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Three strikes: A blot on our judicial landscape
from the article by Kim Workman:
The passing into law of the Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill (the three strikes legislation) last week, was a milestone of a kind – it marked the passing into law of arguably the worst piece of criminal justice legislation in New Zealand history.
While the legislation is a shocker, the way in which it was managed through the legislation process is a case study in political manipulation of the democratic process, lending weight to Lord Acton’s famous words, “All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Jun 07, 2010 Politics, Country:New Zealand, Region: Pacific, Correspondent:Kim Workman
Three strikes 'means nothing to lose'
from Paul Easton's article in The Dominion Post:
He has visited more than 1000 jails but Rimutaka Prison's container cells were a first for a visiting expert, who says locking up criminals for life will spark violence.
The Prison Fellowship International president Ronald Nikkel, from Canada, was in Wellington this week, after the Sentencing and Parole Reform Act, or "three strikes" law, was passed.
Jun 02, 2010 Politics, Country:New Zealand, Region: Pacific
