in a rare ruling only the 6th since the 1970’s the Christchurch shooter will spent the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. This bring an end to a long emotional trial for the people of NZ after three days of victim testimony. the gunman was cold, and showed no emotion he will likely spend his life in solitary as his safety will be at risk.
"He sought many things from his act of terror but one was notoriety, that is why you will never hear me mention his name,” she said of the gunman. “He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless.
“And to others, I implore you: speak the names of those who were lost rather than the name of the man who took them. He may have sought notoriety but we, in New Zealand, will give nothing – not even his name.
- Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand.
The terrorist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, will spend the rest of his life in jail, a judge has ruled. It is the first time under current New Zealand law that a sentence of life without the possibility of parole has been imposed.
Dozens more were wounded in the attacks in March last year in the country’s worst peacetime massacre. It prompted an outpouring of grief and unity in New Zealand and around the world, and generated debate about how to deal with white supremacist terrorism.
Earlier, the gunman, Australian Brenton Tarrant, 29, did not oppose the sentence in court on Thursday – despite being given the chance to do so – provoking surprise among some of his victims.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/christchurch-shooting-mosque-gunman-sentenced-to
