Uncle Ray Jackson on Aboriginal “Murders by Neglect” in Custody
The Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its 339 recommendations on 15 August 1991. It considered 99 First Nations custodial deaths that occurred between 1 January 1980 and 30 May 1989. “The Royal Commissioners looked at that...
An Australian First: Prison Officer Charged With Manslaughter Over Aboriginal Custodial Death
A 57-year-old Corrective Services NSW officer presented at Lismore police station on 5 February 2021 and was charged with manslaughter over the 15 March 2019 shooting death of Wiradjuri man Dwayne Johnstone, who was a detainee in the custody of...
The Offence of Murder in NSW
A man has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a Newcastle petrol station The 24 year old was charged after allegedly stabbing a 54 year old man at a petrol station in Newcastle just after 8pm on...
Man Acquitted of Murder Due to Evidence of Police Stitch-Up
After 13 years and two jury trials, Scott Austic has been found not guilty of murdering his pregnant lover and released from prison. Stacy Thorne was murdered in 2007, while 22 weeks pregnant. She was stabbed 21 times at her...
The Defence of Mental Illness in New South Wales
A New South Wales man who killed his baby girl by throwing her into the Tweed River has been found not guilty of murder by reason of mental illness. Justice Helen Wilson said in her special verdict in the Supreme...
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...
