The Law, Defences and Penalties for Murder in New South Wales
It has been reported that a man is dead and other is in a critical condition after a double stabbing in Sydney’s western suburbs overnight. Police say that at around 12.20am this morning, emergency services received a report that a...
Against the Death Penalty: The Execution of George Stinney Junior
George Stinney Junior was only 14 years old when a South Carolina court sentenced him to death. Executed on this day, 16 June, in 1944, the African American boy was the youngest person to be put to death by the...
Uniting Against Police Brutality: Officer Murders Civilian on Busy Street
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt down upon the neck of George Floyd last Monday, as the African American man lay face down on the side of the road in broad daylight. The white cop continued to rest his body...
Police Lack Consistency When it Comes to Prosecuting for Domestic Violence
Earlier this week at a memorial for Hannah Clarke – the woman who died from horrific burns only hours after her husband set fire to her car with their children inside – Commissioner Carroll praised the deceased woman’s bravery and...
The Law and Penalties for Leaving Children Unattended in Vehicles
A woman has been charged with murder after her one and two-year old daughters were found dead in a car, allegedly as a result of being exposed to extreme heat. It has been reported that police and paramedics responded to...
Justice for Mhelody: An Interview With Migrante Australia’s Lina Cabaero
Mhelody Polan Bruno died at around 10 am on 22 September at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital. The death occurred after paramedics attended an apartment the morning before, where they stabilised her. The 25-year-old Filipina trans woman had been holidaying in...
Sydney Brothers Not Guilty of Manslaughter
By Ugur Nedim and Brooke Watson Our client is a 40 year old man from Greystanes in greater Western Sydney. He lived with his older brother and elderly mother until her death in September 2017. On 23 August 2017, our...
Sydney Criminal Solicitor Charged with Accessory to Murder
A criminal lawyer has been arrested and charged in relation to the murder of Craig Anderson, who was shot and killed at Doonside in Western Sydney earlier this year. The lawyer, Ms Alev Oncu, has been charged with accessory after...
Free Susan Neill-Fraser: An Innocent Woman Behind Bars
A news report dated 9 October 2009 states that Susan Neill-Fraser had appeared in a Tasmanian court that day, regarding the murder of her de facto partner of 18 years Bob Chappell. At the time, she was on remand following...
David Eastman to Sue Over Wrongful Murder Conviction
An ACT Supreme Court jury found David Eastman not guilty last November of the assassination-style killing of AFP assistant commissioner Colin Winchester. The police officer was gunned down as he was getting out of his car in the Canberra suburb...
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