The issue of abolishing committals is back in the spotlight again. The proposal seems to have come around every few years for the past two decades, like Batman films.The Australian Institute of Criminology ran a conference on committals back in 1990. It's interesting to read the papers, because the arguments for and against appear similar …
Day: July 22, 2012
Church v R [2012] NSWCCA 149: perverting justice by false mitigation
Administration of justice offences (attempts to pervert the course of justice, perjury, concealing offences for a benefit, and the like) have the potential to lead courts into error and undermine public confidence in the justice system as a whole.The penalty for serious abuse of the system's trust is frequently greater than whatever consequence the offender …
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