POST: "A law unto their learned selves," by Andrew L. Durbin, posted on "Pursue Democracy" on February 15, 2015.
SUB-HEADING: "Examples of senior legal practitioners disregarding the
law and not being held accountable for it is evident in Australia’s
criminal legal system."
GIST: "The judges of the South Australian court of criminal appeal have accepted that Henry Keogh had been
wrongly convicted of murder some
20 years ago, that new evidence shows it was an accident – yet they
ordered a retrial. South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions,
Adam Kimber, has asked the court for six weeks (‘longer than the
ordinary four weeks your Honour’) in which the police can ‘assemble the
brief of evidence and ascertain the availability of witnesses’ for a
directions hearing on March 20, 2015. “The proper legal decision was to acquit Keogh,” comments noted legal
academic Dr Bob Moles. The court ordered a retrial, “for which – in
light of their own decisions – there is no legal or logical basis.” If
Dr Moles is correct, the law is being disregarded. Judges (and lawyers in general) are frequently timid in criticising
their professional colleagues. Is peer group protectionism among lawyers
trumping miscarriages of justice? It’s a question Dr Moles and other
concerned observers are asking." (Durban than applies his analysis to the David Szach and Sue Neill-Fraser cases. HL);
The entire post can be found at:
http://pursuedemocracy.com/2015/02/a-law-unto-their-learned-selves/
PUBLISHER'S NOTE:
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Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of
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Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.ca/2013/12/the-charles-smith-award-presented-to_28.html
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