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Archive for July, 2004

Media Release – Lloyd McIntosh, 22 July 2004

It is time the demonising and hounding of Lloyd McIntosh was put to rest says the Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury. ‘The apparent hysteria and vigilante threats in the run up to McIntosh’s release have been notably lacking in humanity and reason’ said Kathy Dunstall, Secretary of the League.
‘Here we had quite extraordinary and [...]

Media Release – 5th July 2004

Opposition leader Don Brash belongs in the 19th century according to the Howard League for Penal Reform Canterbury.
‘The so-called law and order speech by Mr Brash indicates he belongs in the nineteenth century’ said Kathy Dunstall, Secretary of the League in Canterbury. ‘Abolishing parole for prisoners is a return to failed policies of the past [...]