Murray: Yes under an inquisitorial system Pora would have had a greater chance of acquittal. You'd have a highly trained judge weighing up evidence, not a jury three quarters of who don't care, most of who will be dominated by one or two people, and all of...
Our entire "justice" system is skewed in favour of rich white defendants. Part of the problem is that truth plays little part in it, discovering the truth certainly isn't the goal of the court, and "good" defence lawyers often do their very best to prevent...
There is no such thing in nz as "statutory rape". That is an American term. It is illegal in nz to have sex with a person aged under 16, but it is a minor offence when compared with rape in terms of penalty. This charge is generally only laid when there is...
I'm 42. Me and plenty of my friends "mobilised". Has there ever been a time when bullying like this was acceptable? Certainly not when and where I grew up.
I'm finding X Factor very enjoyable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that a few of the artists are very talented, and it's great to see them living their dreams. While it's easy to sneer at people who enjoy them, it's all a matter of ...
So this is a hoax manufactured by the government, with the complicity of police and over thirty officers many of whom vote for parties other than national, to pretend to work on a threat since November, so they can in March draw attention away from a bi-...
There are over 7000 hectares of mature kauri forest left in NZ. There are about 1500 nature trees in coromandel alone, and hundreds of them are older than this kauri. Heaven knows how many more are in northland. I can't find the words to describe what a ...
The increase in pay set by the remuneration authority (who are independent of politicians) was an outrage. John Key said so straight away, and now he's doing something about it. Why does this even piss people off? It demonstrates that no matter what John ...
Regardless of the rights and wrongs isn't this just how alliances work? If we were being invaded, wouldn't we ask for and expect help from the usa and australia etc etc. By the same token surely it would be a disgrace for us to refuse to help Iraq after ...
I really feel for the remaining family who know David is the offender, and have had to endure David's defence team slandering Robins name to build their defence For David to now be given millions would be a further indignity and slight on the memories of ...
Thanks kjsone that's very helpful.
I'm pretty sure that's why the government would rather spend millions on fighting it rather than capitulate. Cause it'd be just plain wrong. Most people who either don't care or who think he's innocent, in my opinion haven't actually looked at the evidence...
There's other interesting evidence that was never heard. Two reliable witnesses came forward after the murders. One said that David had confided to him a plan to rape a girl, using his paper round as an alibi Another said that Arawa had confided to her ...
Les and psycho milt are spot on. There is a pile of compelling evidence that makes it clear David was the killer. I know we all like to root for the little guy but in this instance it's misplaced. David Bain is nzs oj Simpson. I challenge anyone capable of...
For those who think that Bain should be compensated owing to the fact he was found Not Guilty (regardless of whether or not he is able to prove his innocence), consider the implications of this on our justice system if i was how our justice system were to ...
For the purposes of enabling people to make their own minds up, I urge everybody to take a look at the link below which sums up all of the evidence far better than I ever could. Once you've had a good read then you may understand why the government don't ...
If John Key is going to start recklessly push things through I expect the government would have propped up the sky city deal. "Third term desperation" is wishful thinking. Something huge will have to happen to dent John Key, shooting kittens on live TV ...
Let's just wait and see what the next poll says . . .
Red Baron think about it for a minute mate. Security guards aren't qualified, trained, or empowered to police protests. The, um, police do that? While you would like to live in a society where everyone just hires their own thugs and polices things ...
Sue Bradford went way up in my estimation when she walked from mana. You're right she won't change but she should - this type of debacle is not only good for national, it totally undermines her own message. If someone is so unreasonable to incite people to...
Gave protesting a bad name really didn't it? Most of the hard left will be gleeful, but how many national voters will change their vote to labour or the greens after that disgrace? About none. In fact it's these kinds of antics that drive voters into ...
This is wishful thinking, I doubt the government will be damaged by either issue. Will be interesting to see the next poll though. They've come through far worse without a scratch. In my opinion the reason many on the left hate Key is the same reason kiwis...
How did this get twisted into child mortality? You're still making excuses for them. Most who fail to appear have done it time and time again. They aren't Joe blogs, they are almost always convicted criminals already a burden on society from all the harm ...
Well I've worked in court for years and years as well, and I defy anybody not to become fed up with people failing to appear. It must cost the country millions in delays and extra work for police and court staff, usually with no consequences for the ...
Hmmm. I wonder if the human beings about to be beheaded, burned alive, stoned to death, crucified and raped care who started it The reason we're going in and Turkey isn't, is cause we're better than them WW2 was a righteous war, as is this one. We don't ...
In my opinion it was silly of Little to say that regardless of whether you think Maori should have separate laws or not. Personally I think that would be madness but anyhoo Even entertaining the idea will turn off a lot of voters. And since winning ...
How am I racist? You are only calling me that because you can't put up a reasoned argument, so you resort to calling me names. Race is a social construct anyway. I'm just a person The bottom line is, forcing kids to learn Maori is not what's required to ...
OaB how is what I've said divisive? It's just the truth. In the thirties Maori leaders and politicians encouraged Maori not to pass on the language to their kids. I know the next logical step is to blame Europeans for that view in the first place, which is...
Millions of dollars have been poured into saving the nz Maori language over the last few decades. Despite that it's still declining The Samoan and Tongan languages are thriving in nz. Why? Because those two ethnicities in particular usually insist that ...
The principles of the treaty are as follows: 1.The chiefs of nz cede sovereignty to the Crown, forever. 2.The Crown assures the people of nz possession of their lands, forests etc, and their personal possessions (taonga, which actually meant "possessions",...
Isn't the question, "will we do something about burnings, beheadings, the sexual enslavement of prepubescent girls and women, stonings, and the execution of homosexuals, or not"? Imagine that you're a prepubescent girl being raped right now. Or a man about...
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