Soothing Murderer’s Feelings with $1200 Political Correctness

The Privacy Act is completely out of hand when a convicted murderer can get a payout for “hurt feelings” because he couldn’t read all of a letter about himself, says National’s Law & Order spokesman Tony Ryall.

He is commenting on a report that the Human Rights Review Tribunal has awarded a prisoner $1200 for hurt feelings and humiliation because the Corrections Department did not show him all of a letter that made allegations about his behaviour while he was on temporary release from jail. Read More.