Andrew Little called the Sensible Sentencing Lynch Mob ‘loopy’ & ‘callous’ because they are ‘loopy’ and ‘callous’
Andrew Little being forced to confront the damage the Sensible Sentencing Trust has wrought upon NZs lynch mob mentality towards prisoners.
Little calls Sensible Sentencing leaders ‘loopy’ and ‘callous’ as key member quits
The influence of the Sensible Sentencing Trust appears to be waning with a key member leaving and Justice Minister Andrew Little labelling leading figures as “loopy” and “callous”.
Poor Andrew Little is having to get to grips with reforming our broken corrections industry and part of that means confronting the madness of the Sensible Sentencing Trust.
The SST are victim grief harvesters who have mutated law and order into the monster it is today, but it would be wrong to sheet all our spiteful counter productive prison policy on just them so let’s also blame corporate media as well, because that’s only fair – ZB, the NZ Herald, Newshub, TVNZ, Radio Live, Fairfax – they’ve all done their share of promoting crime porn for ratings.
Also add those politicians who manipulated the media created rage with get tough on crime rhetoric and once we remove their collective influence we can start using science and compassion to help recreate a prison system that heals those it comes into contact with rather than damages them further.
Well he( Andrew Little) is right about some of them, how do I know I have met them. My sister and I attended 4 of their victims conferences for victims. But they are not all like that and some of the criminals that have viciously killed there loved ones shouldn’t get out so evil are they. But some of the SST are so bitter it is destroying them and they can’t see it. Garth looks like he needs to give it a break he has become bitter and twisted and he is not a victim. I know he genuinely cares and that is good but really for him to support Emery who ran 200 metres to stab that 15year old Maori boy who scribbled on his fence this is just way over the top and I’m very disappointed they have that loser Garrett as a lawyer he is a bit deranged that guy
Bruce Emery was a Prisoner of Conscience of the Clark regime.
Emery defended his home and his family from violent gang members. His prosecution for that was political.
these people are acting out their own punitive and coercive fantasies aided and abetted by a chidish uninformed media who will do anything for a headline. calling it crime porn really nails it. it is past time to put these trolls back in th ebox they escaped from.
i actually have respect for what little is doing with reform…
he can still make serious changes despite the 3 strikes thing..
..and he seems to be indicating that emptying them of those who shouldn’t be there is the way to solve our bursting at the seams prisons..
and that all makes perfect sense..
You lot are just a bunch of liberal idiots. One day you will have your house burgled, car taken or face smashed in. You will have a different point of view then. Angry Andy wont be there to help but McVicar will.
“Angry Andy wont be there to help but McVicar will.”
Oh dear, never mind “Angry Andy” – it looks like Angry Gary is here. And how, precisely with McVicar “help” if we have our “house burgled, car taken or face smashed in”?! Has he secretly joined the Police force?
gazza..!..does he fix broken windows..?..repair broken locks..?
you mean he has some uses..?
(colour me surprised..)
Lol!!!
Except that McVicar’s antics are making it more likely that I’ll be burgled, have my car stolen or be assaulted.
No comment from anyone as to why Kelvin Davis seems to have no involvement. Maybe even Kelvin himself has realised that he is out of his depth and is better to leave it all up to Andrew
don’t forget that mcvicar stood for the right/tories to split the rightwing vote in napier – so to gift the seat to their rightwing labour candidate stuart nash..
it pays not to forget matters such as that..
mcvicar/nash are both just tory trouts/pawns..
Indeed, Phillip, well said.