Oscar Pistorius – Six Years for Murder
According to local media, former South African Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius showed little emotion, but looked relieved, as the judge handed-down his sentence. But the decision has angered many and divided opinion about whether it is severe enough. Pistorius,...
New Trial Ordered for Adnan Syed
Adnan Syed turned 20 the year he was convicted of murdering his former high school girlfriend, Hae Min Lee. Now, after serving 16 years of a life sentence, a Baltimore Judge has overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial....
Men Charged A Second Time Over the Death of Lynette Daley
On the day after Australia Day in 2011, Paramedics were called to a remote area of Ten Mile Beach in Northern New South Wales. On the sand, a woman lay dead. Two men were with her when she died. For...
Victoria Passes Tough Sexual Assault Laws
By Matthew Drogemuller Australia was horrified when 31-year-old Sean Price murdered 17-year-old Masa Vukotic as she was walking near her Doncaster home last year. Grief turned to anger when the public was informed that Price was out on bail at the...
“Serial Killer with a Badge” Finally Convicted of Murder
Jamie Gao had two friends already serving time for drug offences. He was constantly talking about dropping out of University, about not wanting to get a ‘9-5 job’ and an upcoming deal that would make him rich. The 20-year-old was...
Police May Press Charges After Child Falls into Gorilla Enclosure
It’s the story that gripped the globe this week, and now US police have launched a criminal investigation into an incident at Cincinnati Zoo, which prompted zoo keepers to kill prized gorilla Harambe, after a young child climbed over a...
Police Investigate Gay-Hate Murders
The New South Wales Police Force has launched an operation to re-investigate dozens of deaths between the late 1970s and early 2000s which it believes could be the result of gay-hate crimes. Operation Parrabell, a taskforce comprised of eight detectives,...
Australian Body Needed to Investigate Wrongful Convictions
Legal experts have called for the establishment of a new national body to investigate possible wrongful convictions, which would work in a similar way to the review body in the UK. Flinders University law lecturer Bibi Sangha believes such a...
Bowraville Murder Case Re-Opened
The unsolved mystery of three children who went missing over a five-month period in 1990 and 1991 from the same street in Bowraville, Northern NSW, has divided a town, gripping a nation for more than two decades. But now, the...
Teen So Rich He Couldn’t Tell Right from Wrong, Judge Finds
An American teenager who popularised the ‘affluenza defence’ has been arrested for breaching his probation. In 2013, 16-year-old Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years’ probation after killing four people in a drink driving incident. During his sentencing hearing, Couch’s...
