The Brad Shipton parole recall

January 17th, 2009 at 2:30 pm by David Farrar

It is disturbing that allegations you have breached your parole can be taken as fact, without an investigation.

I am no fan of Brad Shipton (and criticised the fact Labour’s law allowed him out after one third of his sentence) but why were moves taken to cancel his parole on the basis of an allegation he was seen meeting someone in breach of his parole conditions?

Luckily he had video proof he was in another city at the time.

Should Corrections and or the Police not investigate the person who falsely alleged he had broken his parole?

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Shipton out of prison

November 21st, 2008 at 11:21 am by David Farrar

Convicted pack rapist Brad Shipton is out of prison after serving just three years of an eight and a half year sentence.

Why is he out so early?

Because Phil Goff changed the law in 2001/02.

Prisoners who were rapists or other violent criminals were previously ineligible for parole until two thirds of their sentence. Labour changed the law in 2001/02 to allow rapists to be eligible for parole after one third of their sentence.

God knows why. Maybe someone could ask them.

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Labour lets pack rapist Shipton out early

November 5th, 2008 at 6:55 pm by David Farrar

TV3 reported tonight that the parole board is letting pack rapist Brad Shipton out of jail in a couple of weeks despite the fact he hasn’t served even three years of his eight and a half year sentence.

How is it possible a pack rapist gets out of jail so quickly?

The answer is that Labour changed the law in 2001. Before they changed the law Shipton would have served around a minimum of six years of his sentence. But Labour changed the law to allow rapists to be eligible for parole after just one third of their sentence instead of two thirds.

This is the same Government that has also just made it easier for repeat offenders to get bail.

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