Sensible Sentencing seeks to distract from real issue

The Sensible Sentencing Trust has failed to answer a straightforward question put to it by the Green Party Spokesperson Nandor Tanczos and reverted to its usual position of attacking those with a contrary view.

Unwilling to answer Nandor’s question on whether they have a hidden agenda in supporting the death penalty in New Zealand, The Sensible Sentencing Trust has attacked the Greens with generalisations.

“Garth McVicar has again missed the point - the question is, does The Sensible Sentencing Trust support the death penalty or not? Never mind a conference at some undisclosed time next year, just answer the question now, today"

“McVicar says that they accept the challenge to say whether they support the death penalty and then doesn't answer the question. Instead he tries to divert attention from what is clearly an untenable position.

“If they do support it, how can they claim they speak for victims? Yes, they have victims of crime among their members, but obviously only those that share their views. They would be hard pushed to show general support for the death penalty among victims of crime.

"If they do not support the death penalty, why did they criticise the Prime Minister and Amnesty International for calling for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty? Do I detect a different hidden agenda?

“The Sensible Sentencing Trust cannot claim to be a victims’ rights organisation while pursuing hidden agendas, whether electoral or capital. Its time they came clean about their true objectives”.