Political motivation tripled prison sentence « The Daktory

Dakta Green was the 2011 New Lynn candidate for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (ALCP), a political party with the platform to bring about cannabis law reform in New Zealand.

With an eight months prison sentence, Dakta Green would have served his sentence and would have been released in time to stand in the November elections in New Zealand.

The solicitor general appealed Dakta Green’s original sentence on behalf of the prosecution and on September 30, 2011, his sentence was increased to 23 months.

For the Crown to extend Dakta Green’s prison sentence to almost triple time and in view of the fact that he was originally offered Home Detention, is truly an abuse of sentencing powers and is extraordinary in that it lends credence to the idea that such an almost tripling of his prison sentence was politically motivated in order to keep him from standing in the forthcoming November elections.

This extension of prison sentence to 23 months is politically motivated and is intended to stop Dakta Green from running in the November elections.

http://www.legaliseinternational.com/countries/NewZealand/daktagreen.html

via thedaktory.org.nz