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The Flip Side of Double Jeopardy – Australian First for Prisoners’ Right to Appeal
Many of the Australian States have addressed the circumstance of when a defendant is found not guilty but evidence re-analysed years later implicates them in a rape or murder by allowing the State to retry the defendant. However, in an Australian first, South Australia has recently passed legislation that brings a similar right to convicted […]
Posted in Government & Citizenship, Research
Tagged criminal law, DNA evidence, double jeopardy, fair trial, pardon, petition of mercy, principle of finality, Public Law and Policy Research Unit (PLPRU), retrials, wrongful convictions
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