Females Sentenced to be Gang Raped
While there are certainly problems with the Australian criminal justice system, we are lucky enough to live in a society where punishments are not designed to inflict cruelty, degradation and humiliation. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for some countries,...
Bail Laws to Get Tougher for Suspected Terrorists
Regular readers of our blog will know that the NSW government has been changing the law on bail more frequently than most of us can keep up with. And now, the Baird government has announced that more changes are on...
Village Roadshow to Sue Illegal Downloaders
Are you amongst the 29% of Aussies over the age 18 who regularly download content through illegal means? If so, you could soon be facing legal action from one of Australia’s largest media conglomerates, Village Roadshow. In an interview earlier...
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...
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...
NSW Premier is “Gobsmacked” by Maximum Security Prison Escape
Although prison escapes have decreased in recent years, they still occur from time to time. In fact, there have been two prison escapes in NSW just this month. On the 1st of August, an inmate managed to escape from Kirkconnell...
11 Year Old Boy Charged With Manslaughter
Last week, we published a blog which revealed that gun ownership in New South Wales is soaring despite laws requiring prospective owners to satisfy stringent requirements before being granted a gun licence. That blog outlined statistics which show that, in...
Drink Driving Detective was Unlicensed for Over 20 Years
They’re supposed to set the standard for other road users to follow - but in an incident that calls into question the effectiveness of checks within the NSW Police Force, it has been reported that a police officer who was...
