Killer Cop Dismissed From Police Force
The Northern Territory police officer who shot and killed Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, has been formally dismissed from the Northern Territory Police Force. Now-former officer Zachary Rolfe was acquitted of three charges - murder, manslaughter and committing a...
Police Fatally Shoot Another First Nations Person, as Custody Death Injustice Persists
Australian police have killed yet another First Nations person. This time it was 27-year-old Aubrey Donahue, who was shot down in the northern Queensland town of Mareeba by specialist law enforcement officers, following a four-hour siege. At 11.30 am on...
Woman Whose False Sexual Assault Allegations Destroyed Lives Sent to Prison
A 22-year old woman has been sentenced to eight and a half years after destroying the lives of three men, their families and their livelihoods, and sparking a wave of racially motivated hate crimes after fabricating claims the men sexually...
Corruption Pervades Police Forces in Australia and United Kingdom: Part 2
The headline of a report in the Age Newspaper on Wednesday 22 March 2023 read, “Gobbo seeks immunity deal to dob on police.” Gobbo refers, of course, to Nicola Gobbo; also known as lawyer X. If granted, lawyer X is...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 March to 2 April 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Magistrate Resigns Over Remarks About Sexual Assault Complainant The Magistrate has resigned after an investigation for saying, “she put herself in the position” and had...
Labor Refuses War Powers Reform, as Albanese Retains Decision to Enter China Conflict
Prior to being elected, federal Labor twice promised to hold an inquiry into whether the decision to enter into overseas wars should remain one for the PM and a handful of select ministers or, alternatively, be a decision made by...
Labor’s Crucifixion of Whistleblower Richard Boyle is Not in the Public Interest
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle is set to stand trial in October, as the SA District Court ruled last Monday, 27 March, that he’s not protected from criminal prosecution due to the way in which he exposed the tax office unlawfully...
The Criminal Indictment of Donald Trump: Justice or Political Persecution?
Former US President Donald Trump has been indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan, New York. He is the first person in US history to serve as president, and then be charged with a crime. Specific charges against Mr Trump...
Reducing Crime Rates: Prevention is Preferable to Punishment
Australian criminal justice policies are frequently out of step with international evidence on what keeps communities safe. Each year, new laws are passed to “tackle crime” which are either ineffective or cause several unintended, harmful, consequences. Why is criminal justice...
Forensic Experts: Error, Bias, Incompetence and Criminality
The forensic ‘expert’ that supposedly melds cutting-edge science to assist in criminal investigations is often romanticised in popular culture. But the reality is that forensic scientists are human and make honest mistakes, can be biased towards those who pay...
