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Courts can be impersonal and inhumane places. They can also, on a good day, dispense justice.
- Alexandra Sangster
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‘Dynamite’ speech sets one High Court judge against another
A judge has taken aim at people he says want to import “US-style court stacking” to Australia.
- Michael Bachelard
The dangerous movement forcing judges to pay for their own home security
The decision has left judges and magistrates to pay out of their own pocket for home CCTV networks and panic alarms.
- Chris Vedelago
- Exclusive
- Prisons
It’s known as the ‘Club Med’ of Sydney’s prison system. The reality when we visit is very different
This Sydney prison is the only one of its kind in the southern hemisphere. But few know how it really works.
- Bevan Shields
‘Cases that stay with you forever’: They see women killed by violence, and this is what they want you to know
The forensic pathologists tasked with informing the community what really happens to women say “there are cases that stay with you forever”, and the dimensions of violence are not yet understood.
- Wendy Tuohy
Kilkenny urged to axe privacy protections for high-profile Victorians
“It is very, very difficult to distinguish legitimate cases and cases where they are just trying it on,” one legal expert said.
- Chip Le Grand and Erin Pearson
‘It’s wrong’: Former judge says mental health suppression orders threaten court system
Victoria’s Attorney-General says the state is working to balance transparency and fairness in the courts, while a former judge says mental health suppression orders are the system’s biggest worry.
- Cassandra Morgan and Chip Le Grand
Case closed: Growing hostility between media, judiciary impacting open justice
Court reporters have gone from being an indispensable part of an open justice system to the enemy of judges, a report has found, and it’s a serious problem for transparency.
- Chip Le Grand
- Exclusive
- Crime
More than 1000 people charged in first year of domestic violence choking laws
Police have laid more than 1300 charges of intentional choking, suffocating or strangling under a landmark new offence introduced in Victoria last year.
- Melissa Cunningham and Craig Butt
- Exclusive
- Diagnosing Murder
Outraged by her partner’s shaken baby case, Kellie joined the police and got a law degree
In the aftermath of the devastating court case, this mother wanted to help others avoid the same trauma. The judge who heard the case has backed her calls for change.
- Michael Bachelard