Media Statement Thursday, 1 April, 2004
Alexander: Napier move a bold first against crime
United Future law and order spokesman Marc Alexander today congratulated Napier City Council for getting behind the
Sensible Sentencing Trust.
"Napier is a city that has known more than its share of tragedy in recent years, with cases such as Kirsa Jensen and
Teresa Cormack, and it is good to see a municipal authority taking on the concerns of everyday people," Mr Alexander, a
founding member of Sensible Sentencing, said.
Napier City Council voted this week to support the aims and objectives of the Sensible Sentencing Trust.
"When crime of that nature touches a community, it changes it forever. The approach taken by Sensible Sentencing is all
about addressing those concerns as a society,"
"We have been increasingly hammered by violent crime over recent years, and to see a city get behind the fight for
tougher sentences, the fixing of the debacle that is our parole system, and victims' rights, is absolutely wonderful,"
Mr Alexander said.
"This is a position of real community leadership taken by the council, and can only bolster the good work being done by
Sensible Sentencing," he said.
Ends.