Michael Laws: How Did Joshua Green Walk Free?

Michael Laws talks about the case of Joshua Green on the Platform - How did Joshua Green walk free? 

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Bob Edlin: The '"mana" card

No, he wasn’t joshing when he played the “mana” card – and in the High Court it came up trumps with Justice Andrew

A High Court judge has decided miscreants who have mana – or who claim to have mana – should be treated differently from miscreants who have none.

It’s a ruling that suggests indigenous law-breakers have a better chance of securing a discharge without conviction than non-Maori, if they draw a judge’s attention to the likely bruising of their reputations and prestige if they are found guilty and penalised.