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Category: Criminal law
The 2015 Human Rights Report – When prison authorities should be charged with contempt
The evidence is in: you can’t link imprisonment to crime rates
Expunging convictions for gay sex: an old wrong is finally righted
Guest Blog: The unravelling of civil liberties in Queensland
Prisons – Help or Hindrance?
The Right to Silence Takes a Beating in NSW
Lessons from the Chamberlain case: the human cost of wrongful conviction
Serco and Asylum-seekers’ Rights in Detention
Extradition and Mutual Assistance Changes Slip in under the Radar
Trial by media takes on a whole new meaning in Victoria
