Former Black Power leader endorses Three Strikes

The Northland Advocate reports:

However, one community leader who did wish to comment was Te Hau Āwhiowhio ō Otangarei Trust chief executive Martin Kaipo, who is also a former high-ranking Black Power member.

Kaipo said there was a place for harsher sentences such as those imposed under the Three Strikes law.

“If you look at the repetitive offenders, they need to be held accountable … you’ve got to look at the type of offending.”

Giving them repeated short sentences is not accountability. It is just creating more victims.