Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 18, 2016 17:47:47 GMT 12
"IF THEY WERE MĀORI, THEY'D BE GOING STRAIGHT TO JAIL," SAYS MP
Four Pākehā teenagers were sentenced to community service and fined for stealing 80k worth of goods in Northland. It has sparked online debate on the fairness of the sentence with some believing the punishment would have been more severe if the perpetrators were Māori.
These four teenagers won't be seeing the inside of a jail cell for burglary.
MP Marama Fox says Māori wouldn't have been so lucky.
“If they were Māori, they'd be going straight to jail. That is the challenge before us.”
Law academic Mamari Stephens says it's different for some Māori, “The judge will ask where the family is? Will they support that person? What's the use of giving them community service when they might go and commit another crime?”
Fox wants everyone to be equal under eyes of the law…..
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/if-they-were-maori-theyd-be-going-straight-jail-says-mp
Four Pākehā teenagers were sentenced to community service and fined for stealing 80k worth of goods in Northland. It has sparked online debate on the fairness of the sentence with some believing the punishment would have been more severe if the perpetrators were Māori.
These four teenagers won't be seeing the inside of a jail cell for burglary.
MP Marama Fox says Māori wouldn't have been so lucky.
“If they were Māori, they'd be going straight to jail. That is the challenge before us.”
Law academic Mamari Stephens says it's different for some Māori, “The judge will ask where the family is? Will they support that person? What's the use of giving them community service when they might go and commit another crime?”
Fox wants everyone to be equal under eyes of the law…..
www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/if-they-were-maori-theyd-be-going-straight-jail-says-mp