More than half of NBR member subscribers polled believe John Banks' sentence was too harsh.
The former Act MP was sentenced on Friday to two months’ community detention – with a 7pm curfew four nights a week – and 100 hours of community service, for filing false electoral returns.
Mr
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Mon, 04 Aug 2014
Mon, 04 Aug 2014
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SUBSCRIBER-ONLY POLL RESULT: Was John Banks' sentence too harsh, about right, or too light?
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