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		<title>Voodoo justice&#8211;compassion or condescension?</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/08/voodoo-justice-compassion-or-condescension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/08/voodoo-justice-compassion-or-condescension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An inclusive society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news that five Maori family members were given community sentences and spared jail terms after being found guilty of the manslaughter of their niece, who they believed to be possessed by demons, during a prolonged exorcism ritual that involved repeated eye scratching and waterboarding (a term now unfortunately part of the popular lexicon) of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Provocation and victims of domestic violence</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/07/provocation-and-victims-of-domestic-violence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/07/provocation-and-victims-of-domestic-violence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[I just wrote a rather long comment at The Hand Mirror about battered women and provocation, in response to people suggesting we need to maintain the partial defence of provocation to protect battered women. I am reproducing it here as it shows that the provocation does not help battered women, in fact it only protects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>s169: enshrining a murderer&#8217;s right to blame the victim</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/07/s169-enshrining-a-murderers-right-to-blame-the-victim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/07/s169-enshrining-a-murderers-right-to-blame-the-victim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Make a difference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Provocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[s169 of the Crimes Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Power]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clayton Weatherston put a knife in his bag, went to his ex-girlfriend&#8217;s house and stabbed her to death. He admits to all of that but he is pleading not guilty to murder, and s169 of the Crimes Act means he may only be found guilty of manslaughter. s169 says that blaming her is a defence, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ink by the barrel</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/04/ink-by-the-barrel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/04/ink-by-the-barrel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an interesting range of responses to the Tony Veitch guilty plea of reckless disregard causing injury to Kristin Dunne-Powell, his conviction and sentence to a fine and community service.
Some are baying for blood. The KBR aren&#8217;t quite unanimous that he should go to jail, but they&#8217;re close (though there is a foul stench of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends don&#8217;t let friends rape</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/friends-dont-let-friends-rape/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/friends-dont-let-friends-rape/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.kiwipolitico.com/?p=765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week or so there&#8217;s been a lot of talk about the &#8220;It&#8217;s not ok&#8221; campaign (I recommend Luddite Journo and Russell Brown, I do not recommend Bill Ralston), at the same time I&#8217;ve been commuting past huge signs saying &#8220;Safe in the City – Stick with your mates&#8221; with a picture of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>102</slash:comments>
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		<title>Domestic Violence (Enhancing Safety) Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/domestic-violence-enhancing-safety-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kiwipolitico.com/2009/01/domestic-violence-enhancing-safety-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of fulfilling their election promises the government has put forward changes to the domestic violence legislation. The proposal will see Police able to issue an order banning the perpetrator of domestic violence from the home for five days to protect the victim and any children, those orders will not be subject to any kind of judicial [...]]]></description>
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