Talking tough is the easy part – any politician can do it. Delivering requires spine, especially when facing a judiciary that has shown it can outmanoeuver parliament’s intent.
Luxon said the sentence would be longer than for the standard offence. “We’ve got a series of three, five and seven years depending upon the nature of the offence and I just think you know anyone would just say that makes perfect sense.”
Goldsmith says the new rules are part of the government’s wider plan to restore law and order and reduce violent crime by 20,000 incidents by 2029.
There’s a certain point where one has to wonder whether a society can become so lost, so broken, so unrecognizable, that it can even be salvaged without a hard reset.
This is not just a social issue. It’s a moral failure. A cultural rot. A political embarrassment. The state has failed.
In the long and often manipulated history of narratives, some cases stand out, not because of what is proven, but because of how they are used. One case is the death of Jennifer Beard, a young Australian who was found dead beneath the Haast River bridge in the South Island.
Prosecution, defence make closing addresses.
In New Zealand right now, you can kill your child while allegedly high on meth, avoid a public statement in court, and still walk away with 10 grand in donation money.
Māori babies are being abused, neglected, and killed in this country with alarming frequency. Instead of addressing this uncomfortable truth, Te Pāti Māori point their finger-guns overseas and pretend to be freedom fighters on the world stage.
‘Toughest bail laws’ no impediment to judicial ninnies.
