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...
The Real Spycatcher: Government Crimes, Secrets and Lies
Government secrets and assassination plots make for intriguing reading - especially when they are true. But what happens when the government doesn’t want the information to become available to the public? In 1987, Peter Wright, wrote a book entitled Spycatcher:...
Australia’s Treatment of Asylum Seekers: Crime Against Humanity?
Australia has its own criminal laws, both at a state and federal level, but we are also a signatory to the treaty which established the International Court of Criminal Justice (ICC) in 2002. What does the ICC do? A...
Drug Affected Driver Sentenced to 7 Months Imprisonment
Last month, we reported on the case of a South Australian woman who successfully argued that her driving ability was not negatively affected by the presence of methamphetamine in her blood at the time of an accident in which a...
