Mental illness over-represented?

Edit: The SAC did publish something on their website on 6th July about mental illness in sentencing appeals, but really it was just a one page overview with a link back to the Sentence Appeals in Victoria Statistical Research Report that it had released back in March.It's possible that the information is in there in …

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BSJ v The Queen [2012] VSCA 93: the real possibility of concoction

Edit: The conflict between NSW and Victorian and Tasmanian law was brought into stark relief in KRI v The Queen [2012] VSCA 186, where Neave JA and King AJA said [at 39]:In considering whether there was a miscarriage of justice because the evidence lacked significant probative value and thus should not have been admitted as …

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