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New Defence Against Crime: "I'm Unemployed"
New Defence Against Crime: "I'm Unemployed"
ACT New Zealand Associate Justice Spokesman Deborah Coddington today expressed outrage that a recidivist offender has had $19,000 in fines wiped by a district court judge.
"The Government says that traffic fines are imposed to keep the public safe. What is the point of fines if judges can wipe them because a man is unemployed and "unable" to pay? A sentence of community work is no punishment whatsoever.
"Given that the Hastings recidivist offender is unemployed, he should be doing community work anyway.
"Jail time would have sent a message that New
Zealand has zero tolerance for crime, and that ignoring
fines and re-offending will not get unemployed criminals
off scot-free," Miss Coddington said.
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