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  "path": "/news/national/national-sexual-offenders-policy-discredited-defence-lawyers-association-rnz",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T19:51:06.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photos: RNZ/Mark Papalii  \n\n  \n\nBy Lauren Crimp of RNZ\n\nA National Party policy to prevent judges discounting sexual offenders' sentences due to good character is a solution for a non-existent problem, a defence lawyer says.",
  "title": "National sexual offenders policy discredited by Defence Lawyers' Association"
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