Tag: Trials
A judgement in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial against Network 10 has been delayed. What’s going on?
Just days before Justice Michael Lee was due to pass down his judgement, Network 10 threw another spanner in the works.
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3 Apr, 04:00 AM
Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier
The right to a fair trial means cutting the funding of cultural reports will simply shift the burden. Lawyers will find other ways to put the same information before a judge.
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15 Feb, 12:00 AM
The words that helped wrongly convict Kathleen Folbigg
The meanings we carry around in our heads seem so natural and inborn that we fail to realise other people can have quite different understandings.
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8 Nov, 07:00 AM
Does Australia need dedicated sexual assault courts?
Sexual assault trials can compound a victim/survivors trauma, drag on for years and bring them face to face with their attacker. Is having dedicated sexual assault courts the answer?
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30 Oct, 12:00 AM