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Solicitor-General unveils newly updated prosecution guidelines

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 6:13pm
Solicitor-General Una Jagose was among those to deliver an apology to the survivors of abuse in state care.
Solicitor-General Una Jagose was among those to deliver an apology to the survivors of abuse in state care.

Solicitor-General unveils newly updated prosecution guidelines

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 12 Dec 2024, 6:13pm

The Solicitor-General's spoken out over public pressure to change the prosecution guidelines. 

Una Jagose had advised prosecutors to think carefully about particular decisions when a person is Māori.

She's now scrapped any mention of race in the official guidelines. 

In a rare media interview, Jagose says the previous version simply lacked clarity.

"It led people to understand that I was saying there were two different approaches - one for Māori and one for everyone else. That was quite the opposite to what I was intending to say."

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