United Future MP Marc Alexander today told the Parole Board that if it released the woman who robbed pizza delivery
driver Michael Choy as he lay dying, it would be a "bleeding heart experiment on the innocent, law-abiding citizens of
New Zealand".
Mr Alexander, who is also a member of the Sensible Sentencing Trust, today attended the hearing for Casie Rawiri at
Christchurch Women's Prison, with Mr Choy's mother, Rita Croskery.
Earlier this month, Mr Alexander successfully campaigned against the Parole Board decision to refuse Mrs Croskery access
to the hearing. "We know that parole fails 87 percent of the time in terms of reoffending, and with Rawiri having
concurrent sentences of four-and-a-half years for this crime, and two-and-a-half years for a robbery, there is no way
she should be let out for having served a little over a year.
"We've got to get real about these things, and the Parole Board has to front up and reflect society's demand for
criminals to be locked up for longer, not given get-out-of-jail free cards after serving a token sentence," Mr Alexander
said.
The Parole Board is expected to release its decision early next week.
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