Serious Errors in Sex Killers Release
Sunday, January 8, 2012 23:54
The Police and Corrective Services have admitted that their systems need to an overhaul after several opportunities were missed to re-arrest a man who had escaped from a mental health facility. In 2006 Trent Jennings was found not guilty by reason of mental illness of the murder of a man in 2003. Since that time he has been incarcerated at [...]
Sentencing in Victoria
Monday, December 12, 2011 22:11
In July the Victorian government announced it would be running a survey through the tabloid newspaper, The Herald Sun. The stated purpose of the survey was to allow the public to provide feedback and air their views about sentencing in Victoria. It provided a number of hypothetical circumstances and then asked the survey respondent to indicate what sentence they felt [...]
Dramatic events surrounding the release of Jeffrey Gilham
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 2:38
The media has been fascinated in recent days by the dramatic events surrounding the release of Jeffrey Gilham. In 1993, Jeffrey Gilham’s parents and brother were killed. Mr Gilham’s story has consistently been that his brother killed his parents. When Jeffrey arrived home and found his brother standing over the bodies of his parents, Mr Gilham claims he flew into [...]
Victorian government moving to close a drink driving “loop hole”
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 1:43
The Herald Sun reported yesterday that the Victorian government was moving to close a drink driving “loop hole” in relation to drinking while driving. Whilst every state has laws forbidding persons driving with a blood alcohol level over a certain point, it appears that only some states have laws against drinking while driving. In NSW, Regulation 298-1 of the Road [...]
Dying with Dignity – legalising voluntary euthanasia
Friday, November 18, 2011 2:14
On 15 November 2011 there was a Dying with Dignity forum held at NSW Parliament. The forum was hosted by NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann in preparation for her introducing a Bill to Parliament in the second half of this year to legalise voluntary euthanasia. Voluntary euthanasia refers to a Doctor or other person assisting a person in ending their [...]
John Thomas Forrester, a Queensland man who was on trial for robbing the bank he worked at
Monday, November 14, 2011 0:29
The media has been excited over the last few days to write about John Thomas Forrester, a Queensland man who was on trial for robbing the bank he worked at. It appears that Mr Forrester arrived at work, instructed an employee to open the safe, packed the $40,000.00 into his backpack and simply walked out. At trial he asserted that [...]
New Drug Court at Downing Centre
Thursday, November 10, 2011 2:50
The Attorney General of NSW issued a press release today announcing that the Government will set up a second Drug Court in Sydney and establish 300 beds for the treatment of drug-addicted prisoners. Mr Smith said the John Morony Correctional Complex at Berkshire Park, in Sydney’s north-west, would run the rehabilitation program – to be rolled out in stages from [...]
How courts sentence police officers
Thursday, November 10, 2011 0:22
The Nine MSN website today reported that a policeman has been charged with drink-driving after crashing into a power pole in Sydney’s west. According to the article the male off-duty officer was driving a ute in St Marys around 6.25am on Sunday when he crashed. He later recorded a breath reading of 0.056 at Mount Druitt police station – .006 [...]
Police Officers in Victoria rarely, if ever, swear Affidavits correctly
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 0:44
Lawyers in Victoria have recently been alarmed by allegations that Police Officers in Victoria rarely, if ever, swear Affidavits correctly. The law in Victoria requires that a Police Officer hold a Bible in his or her hand if the Affidavit is being sworn. Evidence from a Police Officer revealed that many officers, in his experience, never follow the correct procedure. [...]
Bart Bassett, NSW MP receives a section 10
Friday, November 4, 2011 4:14
According to ABC reporter Mark Douglass, the MP for the western Sydney electorate of Londonderry, Bart Bassett, faced Downing Centre Local Court today. Mr Bassett recorded a blood alcohol concentration of 0.053 when he was pulled over by police on the Cahill Expressway in inner Sydney in June. The magistrate who dealt with Mr Bassett decided not to record a [...]