Posts by Rosemary McDonald
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Nick Russell,
we really don’t want to live in a country where the Police or courts get to decide which laws they will or won’t enforce,
In the case of the Police....that is exactly the country we're living in.
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Katharine Moody,
and leaving the real criminal element (gangs and their associates)
Hmmm,,,,small town Far North.
Two youth passing a rugby ball get spoken to by the local Police. "Go play in the park." "Not allowed," says one youth, "we're not allowed in the park because the gangs hang out there..."
Police do nothing. Locals say the cops just want to keep the peace with the gangs.
Same town, Couple from out of town rent a house on a cheap street...soon find out the local gang lives nearby. They try to ignore the increasingly intimidating behaviour from their neighbours...but eventually, fearing for their children, they go to the police. As soon as the police hear the address...they refuse to deal to it.
Family move out of town.
Yet the same cops routinely ping locals for minor traffic offences.,,,low hanging fruit being so much easier to pick.
Same town. The local high school refuses to address the chronic problem with gang youth dealing drugs at and around the school. White flight eventuates...
Hope here maybe, new Principal promises change, remaining families promising support...but its hard...because of the gangs.No, you don't mess with the gangs.
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Russell Brown,
I’ve just been told that the reason we haven’t heard from Doug Blaikie is that he was so shocked by the sentence he had a stroke shortly afterwards
Shit.
Now that in itself says much.
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Katharine Moody,
It’s NOT a game for goodness sake
Ah, but it is to them...in my experience.
You sit in a courtroom.
The players...The Lawyer for your side chatting and joking with the Lawyer for their side.
Looking at photos on each other's i phone (and the Judge having to suspend proceedings because the Lawyer left her phone on and its messing with the microphones) while you sit right there.
You'd like to think, that at least on stage, they'd at least pretend to be on opposite sides.
Perhaps make it not quite so obvious that to them it is just a game.
When to us...it could be a matter of life or death.
IMHO, FWIW, I think that there is something rather rotten gone on here....the Police, the Lawyers, the Judge?
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Andrew Geddis,
Andrew,
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Please explain...who am I targeting?
Who am I railing against?
I'm kinda feeling singled out here...
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Ana Simkiss,
you clearly have not bothered to learn about what the Law Society does to discipline its members. I assure you, they are very very effective.
so, the child porn perveing lawyer was a figment of my imagination then?
some lawyers are better than others (including Crown Prosecutors).
No shit, Sherlock.
But just because you don’t like Simon Bridges performance of his current job does not mean he lacks ethics or was no good at his former job.
Hey, I never mentioned Bridges, but since you brought him up, does a leopard ever change it's spots?
Lawyers of all kinds are the frequent butt of jokes and believe me we can take it.
Really?
Your reaction, 'evidence' if you like, would suggest otherwise.
the system.
That takes lawyers and turns them into judges, who have discretion when it comes to sentencing....which is what this discussion is about.
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to nzlemming,
Make a complaint to the Law Society,
Hah! That would be the Law Society that gave a child porn viewing lawyer a pass because child porn is a victimless crime?
I know it was long ago....some some shit just persists...
So..if Gisler was acting under instructions...that would be the police?
Considering the crap that goes down in larger communities with dodgy police...how much worse in a smaller community.
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Ewan Morris,
Ah, but wouldn't it be nice if there was some mechanism whereby mere mortals can have the behaviour of a prosecuting lawyer investigated?
Hold them to account for pursuing the accused in a manner that is arguably morally and professionally deficient.
So that we can avoid the scenario of mere mortals, at the end of the day, after all is said and done...asking ourselves..."Who was up who and how much was being paid?"
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I spent a wee while doing some googling last night re this...put my results here..
inconsistent is an understatement.
There is much more to this than meets the eye....and for the life of me, I can't find anything much about the trial of the dudes that did the home invasion.
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Access: Right to die?, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,