Lifting the lid on wrongful convictions
SA’s new criminal review legislation has already shown its value: Flinders law lecturer Ms Bibi Sangha says three more cases are in the pipeline, with potentially many more to come.
SA’s new criminal review legislation has already shown its value: Flinders law lecturer Ms Bibi Sangha says three more cases are in the pipeline, with potentially many more to come.
If the current handful of cases being heard under South Australia’s newly legislated right of appeal lead to a flood of other reviews, further reforms to the legal system could well be needed.
Miscarriages of justice, and the urgent need for justice systems to address them, are an international phenomenon, according to visiting Canadian academic Professor Kent Roach.