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Mental Health Law

Just Let Me Die: An Exclusive Interview with an Inmate Facing Life Imprisonment

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Garry is facing life imprisonment in NSW for a crime he says he did not commit. His defence lawyer has told him that, at best, he could get ten to fifteen years in prison. His case has a non-publication order...

Mental Health Issues in the NSW Police Force

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For a former NSW police officer who wants to be identified only as ‘Greg’, investigating the death of a murdered indigenous woman whose naked body was dumped in a remote ditch was the start of a rapid decline in mental...

Police Officer Imprisoned for Domestic Violence

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Shaun Perry stared at his estranged wife and children as he learned he would spend more than two-and-a-half years behind bars for offences including spitting in his wife’s face, pulling her hair, and assaulting her with a weapon. Perry, a...

Public Given Access to Police Brutality Hearing

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The Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating allegations that a woman was brutalised at the hands of two police officers at Ballarat Police Station. The proceedings are being streamed live into a well-known Ballarat restaurant this week, to enable the...

Teen So Rich He Couldn’t Tell Right from Wrong, Judge Finds

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An American teenager who popularised the ‘affluenza defence’ has been arrested for breaching his probation. In 2013, 16-year-old Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years’ probation after killing four people in a drink driving incident. During his sentencing hearing, Couch’s...

Family Compensated Over Unlawful Police Raid

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Aboriginal elder Marjorie Rose has been waiting a long time for justice - but her day has finally come, with a District Court Judge recently awarding the 81-year-old woman and her family $370,000 in compensation for an illegal police raid....

Managing Anger to Stop Domestic Violence

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Being accused of domestic violence can be confronting and stressful. Many of those who are guilty genuinely want help to control anger management issues so they can rebuild their relationships, or have healthier ones in the future. Thankfully, there are...

Mental Health Experts to Accompany Police to Call-Outs

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The criminal justice system struggles to effectively deal with the thousands suffering from mental health conditions that come before the courts each year. Around 50% of those in custody are diagnosed with a mental health condition, and around a quarter...

Mental Health and Criminal Law: The Benefits of Psych Reports

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Have you been charged with a criminal offence while you were struggling with a mental health problem? Sometimes, you can raise a mental illness defence and be found ‘not guilty’ on that basis. In other situations, a ‘mental condition’ can...

Alternative Careers in the Criminal Justice System – Part 1

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Interested in the but don’t want to be a lawyer? You might want to consider some of these alternative legal career paths! Here are the first five out of nine alternative careers in the criminal justice system. 1. Court Officer...
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