Baby For Sale! Police Threaten Charges Over Prank
It all started as a harmless joke on a Facebook trading group. ‘BABY FOR SALE – $7,500,’ the heading read. “My new girlfriend is a single mum and she doesn’t want to be one anymore and she wants to sell...
Lessons Learnt from the Ashley Madison Saga
The names, email addresses and sexual fantasies of millions of Ashley Madison users were revealed after hackers accessed and posted the information online. Since then, there have been numerous hate crimes, attempts to extort people and two apparent suicides. What...
Roseanne Beckett Wins Compensation for Malicious Prosecution
Roseanne Beckett spent an unimaginable decade in prison for crimes she did not commit. Ms Beckett was accused of soliciting others to kill her husband, Barry Catt, as well as attempting to poison him with lithium. She was also charged...
Criminal Lawyer Fails to Contest Dodgy Evidence
It has been reported that Adnan Syed, the subject of the Serial podcast series, has filed a new motion to exclude faulty mobile phone evidence from his case. The Motion claims the evidence is unreliable, as Syed’s phone provider AT&T...
Five Famous People You Never Knew Had Law Degrees
They often say that law involves a dash of theatrics, a hint of creativity and the gift of the gab - but for some, the law is an avenue to bigger and brighter things. Here’s our list of five famous...
Notorious Australian Female Criminals
Women comprise a relatively small percentage of inmates in Australia - making up just 8.3% of all inmates around the nation last year. Criminological research and ‘true crime’ stories have traditionally focussed on men who have committed heinous crimes. There...
Deporting Non-Citizens Who Commit Crimes
For many visitors to Australia who are accused of committing crimes, navigating our legal system is an arduous task. One of the most frequently asked questions by those on work and travel visas who are going through the courts is: how will...
Police Strip, Bash, Injure & Humiliate Woman
You’ve probably heard stories of police brutality, but 33 year old Joanne Martin experienced the torment, pain and humiliation first-hand after she was arrested in Perth for disorderly behaviour. She had been taken back to the police station after allegedly...
Honest Cop Charged With Misconduct
With incidents of police shootings and brutality on the rise, one might expect police officers who draw attention to instances of police misconduct to be praised for their honesty and integrity. But a Gold Coast police officer was stood down from...
Torture at Detention Centres
The Federal Government has found its treatment of asylum seekers under increasing scrutiny from human rights groups following reports that detainees at the Nauru and Manus Island facilities were sexually and physically abused. Since those allegations, the government passed the...
