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ALHR Condemns Victorian Governments Proposal to Sentence by Online Poll

Date 1 June 2011
Subject Civil and Political Rights (Inc. ICCPR and CAT)
Type Press Release
Description Stephen Keim, President of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, today, strongly criticized proposals by Victorian Attorney-General, Robert Clark, to use the results of an online survey to help set minimum sentences for offences against Victorian law.
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Press Release - Online Sentencing Proposals (39.50 Kb)

Op-ed 'a Populism that courts injustice' - published in the Courier-Mail 8 June 2011 (84.6 Kb)

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