The lawyer who represented the Asst PC who was acquitted in the sex abuse scandal twice in 2 years has said that it is not a crime for the APC to have engaged in group sex as according to him more than half of New Zealanders engage in group sex.
The point is not whether half the NZ population have had group sex, the point is if half or a majority of population does something, does it make it acceptable or pleasant or legal.
How about smoking or drinking then? If it is acceptable because only a large percentage of population is doing it, then our laws should be re-written and continuously updated to reflect that percentage. Is that what the esteemed lawyer wants? How absurd to justify something on the basis of number of people doing it?
There are two courts, legal and public opinion. The lawyer should remember that public opinion can result in modification of law in a democracy. So what is okay or escapable today may not be so tomorrow. And then the same lawyer will have to live and practise the revised law.
Also, the standard of behaviour expected of a public servant is higher and it is clear that the accused had not lived up to that and have brought disrepute to the institution of Police. They have to pay the price for their behaviour.
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