Posts by Steve Barnes
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Craig,
I refer to, of course, Tracy Barlow's shocking conviction for murdering that abusive scumbag, Charlie Stubbs! I blame those parents of hers, myself...
I weep for you.
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GRRRRRR!
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They can no longer charge their prime suspect. They therefore have no option but to let it drop. That's what "acquittal" means.
If the police didn't want to be in that situation, then they should have waited to assemble a better case.
Totally true. So the case to convict Kahui is closed. Now how about the new case. If there is reasonable doubt it can only be for one of two reasons.
1. There is not enough evidence to convict so the suspect goes free even if guilty. He cannot be retried because of double jepordy.
2. The police did not hae enough evidence to convict because the case revealed sombody else may have done it. So a new case emerges from the old and the police investigate that. -
They can no longer charge their prime suspect. They therefore have no option but to let it drop. That's what "acquittal" means.
If the police didn't want to be in that situation, then they should have waited to assemble a better case.
Totally true. So the case to convict Kahui is closed. Now how about the new case. If there is reasonable doubt it can only be for one of two reasons.
1. There is not enough evidence to convict so the suspect goes free even if guilty. He cannot be retried because of double jepordy.
2. The police did not hae enough evidence to convict because the case revealed sombody else may have done it. So a new case emerges from the old and the police investigate that. -
And the tide continues to turn. National leader John Key said he agreed with Helen Clark
<quote<"in this country we have a seperation of powers and an independent police force. It would thus be improper to comment on a criminal case"</quote> This has to be seen in context. Clark stated that she has concerns, as do many others. I think that you would be pushing it to say that she was putting pressure on the police to change anything, she was "urging" the police not to let it drop. That, in my view, is acceptable behavior for anyone, including the Prime Minister.
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You know the tide is turning when the Craigster says
I really hope Clark gets a big enough bounce in the next round of preferred PM polls
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But seriously. Clark had to say something and "urge" the police not to let the case hang there was really the only thing she could say. She is NOT telling the police what to do and neither should she but she is voicing her concern as we all should. A group of people who conspire to obstruct the police in an investigation is, well, a conspiracy and we have laws that would cover that. -
Paul Brislen
To the Torrents!
What?....on Vodafone's data charges? ;-)
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Paul Brislen
To the Torrents!
What?....on Vodafone's data charges? ;-)
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And you don't have a gun?
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as the farmers and Fonterra are fond of noting, the globalised economy means we take the world price on these goods.
Not quite true. Fonterra Brands pays the world price on those goods and then puts it's own % mark-up on that when it sells to the supermarkets who then put their % mark-up on it ....then we pay.
The only thing Budgets have to do with the price of cheese is the amount of GST they raise. That and the lack of imagination shown by the National party speech writers.