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why the court had to deliver an unprecedented sentence for the Christchurch terrorist

  • Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
man in handcuffs held by two police officers

Was Brenton Tarrant’s silence and acceptance of sentence in court a final act to expand his notoriety? Was his disavowal of previously expressed ideological views a trick?

A person capable of planning the Christchurch mosque attacks so methodically may well have mapped the last public chapter, too. By saying little and expressing no real...

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