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mashman
7th May 2014, 21:53
"The former directors of Lombard Finance have won their appeal against custodial sentences after the Supreme Court agreed they were "honest men" who made misjudgements under pressure." (https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/lombard-directors-win-appeal-against-224700884.html)

bwaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaa.
Swoop
7th May 2014, 21:58
Yes, this is surprising.

Considering the couple who stole 30k from a school, got 12 & 10 months home detention + community work.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11250523

The message the judges are sending is "do bigger crimes".
mashman
7th May 2014, 22:43
Yes, this is surprising.

Considering the couple who stole 30k from a school, got 12 & 10 months home detention + community work.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11250523

The message the judges are sending is "do bigger crimes".

Or, you now have a precedent for getting away with things. I'm an honest man under a lot of pressure melud.
oldrider
8th May 2014, 08:00
Yes, this is surprising.

Considering the couple who stole 30k from a school, got 12 & 10 months home detention + community work.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11250523

The message the judges are sending is "do bigger crimes".

Old boy network is still alive and well then ... works well for pedifiles too! :rolleyes:
Banditbandit
8th May 2014, 10:43
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James Deuce
8th May 2014, 10:56
Holy fucking hell.
oldrider
8th May 2014, 11:59
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Brilliant cartoon!
Voltaire
8th May 2014, 12:19
obviously could afford better word manipulators er....lawyers than the others.
Its not a Justice System its a Legal System, not the same.
HenryDorsetCase
8th May 2014, 13:07
Good job. Can't have the MAWG's cluttering up the prisons. Need those beds for the underclass. Plus, you know, they're like, sorry* and stuff.



*they got caught
HenryDorsetCase
8th May 2014, 13:08
Its not a Justice System its a Legal System, not the same.

Someone gets it.
oldrider
8th May 2014, 13:59
Good job. Can't have the MAWG's cluttering up the prisons. Need those beds for the underclass. Plus, you know, they're like, sorry* and stuff.



*they got caught

True! +10 ch