Photo / Mark MitchellLouise Upston had hoped her bill would be passed into law this week. The sponsor of the bill, Taupō MP Louise Upston, says she is offended by the late intervention after the justice committee had worked hard on refining the bill and unanimously supported it. But the Government tonight voted for the bill to return to the justice committee to consider the objections by the judiciary. Photo / Mark MitchellShe was not saying the Chief Justice should not be able to express concern, but it should have been done earlier. Among the proposed changes is a clause making it clear that in a verdict of "proven but insane" the defendant would be acquitted.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 30, 2021 06:11 UTC