Blessie Gotingco: Public consulted on killers sentence

25th June 2015

The public are being invited to take part in a survey on what the sentence of the man found guilty of the murder of Blessie Gotingco should be.

He will be sentenced on August 6 and while name suppression still protects the identity of the killer the Sensible Sentencing Trust has instigated a survey to educate the public on how Judges sentence and to ask what the public think an adequate sentence for Blessie’s killer should be. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X2D9NMB
SST Spokesman, Garth McVicar, said that Parliament had progressively complicated sentencing to the point that a Judge given sentence was beyond the comprehension of the public.

“Current sentencing legislation is a subterfuge designed by legislators to deliberately restrict a Judges ability to give a sentence that would take into consideration the public’s expectation.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_New_Zealand
McVicar said the Blessie Gottingco case represented everything that was wrong with New Zealand’s current Justice System.

“The public aren’t fools; the vast amount of correspondence we have had on this case is a clear indication of the frustration and anger being felt. The public know from the suppression orders surrounding the killers’ identity that he is more than likely an evil recidivist scumbag that realistically should never see the light of day again.”

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/10091010/Blessie-Gotingco-murder-accused-in-court

“The primary reason SST had decided to run the survey was to educate the public on what an absolute fiasco current sentencing legislation has become.”
“Members of Parliament are responsible for this nonsense, but they are elected to represent us, the public, and Judges as our agents have a duty to express our collective views of what is fair, just, and owed to the victims.”
“For this to happen it is important the public are educated and informed on issues of sentencing and public safety.”

To take the survey: www.sst.org.nz or https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X2D9NMB

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