Michael Laws has written a strong piece in the Sunday Star times on child abuse which pulls no punches and calls for a return of the death penalty. Most of what he says is spot on (well there is a bit of the ‘someone else should be doing something’ going on) but this statement is […]
Entries Tagged as 'Cases'
In Defence of the Defence
November 23rd, 2008 2 Comments
Tags: Child Abuse · Due Process · Human Rights · Jurisprudence · Michael Laws · Nia Glassie
When Trust is Destroyed
November 23rd, 2007 4 Comments
In the last 24 hours I have been following the debate over the father convicted for assaulting his son. Predictably I have heard differing views from many people whose sense I respect. On the one hand I have heard that he was only prosecuted for delivering three smacks. On the other I have heard that […]
Tags: Bad Policy · Child Abuse · Due Process · s59 · Smacking
Arrest Likely in Kahui Case
January 3rd, 2007 Comments Off on Arrest Likely in Kahui Case
Finally the police seem a step closer to making another arrest in the Kahui case if the Sunday News is to be relied on… This case needs to be solved. The guilty should show some remorse and come forward but then that would be expecting them to have spines and some integrity. So go the […]
Tags: Kahui Twins
Saddam to be Executed Soon
December 27th, 2006 Comments Off on Saddam to be Executed Soon
Saddam will be executed 25 Jan 2007. While I will not celebrate his execution I am pleased that it is happening.
Tags: Capital Punishment · Saddam Hussein
A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
