In a quiet New Zealand courthouse, Brenton Tarrant’s appeal to revoke his guilty pleas for the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings was heard, with minimal discussion of his racist motivations. Tarrant, serving a life sentence without parole for killing 51 people, claims his guilty pleas were made during a “nervous breakdown.” Crown lawyers counter that evidence against him is overwhelming and emphasize the distress a retrial would cause victims. The judges’ decision is pending, with Tarrant’s case possibly returning for a review of his life sentence if the appeal fails.
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