Ross Meurant: Guilty Before Found Guilty and Guilty After Found Not Guilty

If ever there was a shocking travesty of justice, it was Rt Hon Luxon’s ill-advised comment of, “ill-advised”, to Hon David Seymour, relating to the Epsom MP’s letter to Dr Polkinghorne. (1)(2)

A fundamental pillar of New Zealand’s system of justice, predicated on the 1215 Magna Carta is:

We are all innocent until proven Guilty.

Polkinghorne was found Not Guilty.