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Dear John --
We are writing to you as
National’s spokespeople for Justice, Police, and Corrections in light
of the Government’s announcement that they will repeal the Three
Strikes Law.
This shows more than ever how soft on
crime this Labour Government is.
With increasing
violent offending and the highest levels of firearms violence in more
than a decade, Labour is doubling down on its law and order failures
with the repeal of the Three Strikes law. This will put public safety
at risk.
Can we rely on your support as we fight this? You can
chip in to help our campaign here.
It will be
crucial that victims of crime have their voices heard as the
Government goes through the process of repealing this law. National
will be supporting these Kiwis so keep an eye out for future
information from us after the First
Reading.
National introduced the Three
Strikes law back in 2010 to make sure that the worst repeat offenders
would not be eligible for parole. In fact, it was our leader Judith
Collins who introduced it. You can watch her speaking on it in 2010 on our
Facebook page.
We passed this law because
National, unlike the Government, holds serious repeat offenders to
account. Criminals convicted and sentenced under the Three Strikes Law
have committed an average of 74 offences.
74 offences
on average!
Labour is making a mockery of the justice
system. With prison violence increasing to its highest levels in
years, their rapid and reckless reduction in the prison population and
exploding gang membership, Labour is clearly not committed to keeping
New Zealanders safe.
Victims have been losing faith in the
justice system because offenders are not held to account by a Labour
Government who employ a catch and release approach to dealing with
offenders.
We need to let as many Kiwis as possible know what
Labour is doing behind their back, and we need your support to reach
them.
National will fight the repeal all the way.
When we return to Government, we will reinstate the Three Strikes law.
We’ve passed it once, we will do it again.
National believe
that if you do the crime, you should do the
time.
Regards,
Simon & Simeon
Hon Simon Bridges
Justice
Spokesperson
Simeon Brown
Police and
Corrections Spokesperson
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