Son accused of killing father with crowbar had mental issues, court told A NSW court is told heard Milenko Snjegota had limited capacity for reason when he allegedly murdered his 74-year-old father in their home near Wollongong.

Son accused of killing father with crowbar had mental issues, court told #MilenkoSnjegota #mentalhealthact #criminalresponsibility

Appeals court hears challenge to conviction where defense raised lack-of-responsibility in Manuel Brunette Silvera case Defense counsel said the Commonwealth failed to rebut a well-supported lack-of-criminal-responsibility defense; the Commonwealth urged deference to the factfinder and said the trial judge permissibly rejected the defense expert.

The appeals court is grappling with whether a judge overlooked critical expert testimony on mental health in a high-stakes case that questions the very nature of criminal responsibility.

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#MA #CitizenPortal #MentalHealthLaw #CriminalResponsibility #LegalEvidence

Petition set to make a difference By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   THE sister of late local doctor, Doctor Ashely Gordon says the family’s effort to bring about sweeping changes to the state’s bail laws are still “a work in progress”. Natalie Gordon joined her family in state Parliament…

LV Express: Petition set to make a difference: By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT


 


THE sister of late local doctor, Doctor Ashely Gordon says the family’s effort to bring about sweeping changes to the state’s bail laws are still “a work in progress”.… #News #BailLawPetition #CriminalResponsibility

France has issued four international arrest warrants for 2013 chemical weapons attacks in Syria, raising questions about immunity for sitting officials in universal jurisdiction trials. #UpholdingIL #ArmedConflict #CriminalResponsibility www.justiceinfo.net/en/124808-fr...

Watch our discussion of ‘The myth of the child offender'—me, @Robyn_Oxley & @susanbaidawi hosted by @DrEmmaColvin & @turner_research—for Social Sciences Week 2020 https://youtu.be/R0hsmYFtFGM

#YouthJustice #Children #Criminalisation #CriminalResponsibility #RaiseTheAge

Watch @theprojecttv tonight! (6.30pm Channel Ten)

Children are not mini-adults, we should not treat them as if they were. No child belongs in a prison.

Join the call to #RaisetheAge of #CriminalResponsibility

Aussie peeps, don't miss the #RaiseTheAge discussion on @theprojecttv tomorrow night, 25 June, 6.30pmAEST.
Criminalising children is the surest way to make things worse for kids who get into trouble. Get on board the national campaign to #RaiseTheAge of #CriminalResponsibility!

Disadvantage, poor health fuelling youth detention: study... Studies published in the Lancet journal this week show th...

@keenan_mundine @KinnerStuart explain why we need to #RaiseTheAge of #CriminalResponsibility www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/disadv...

Human Rights Law Centre The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) is a fearless, indepen...

Explainer: Why we should #RaiseTheAge of #CriminalResponsibility www.hrlc.org.au/factsheets/2018/2/8/expl...

Victoria’s Youth Parliament proposes to “create a Child Justice Authority Victoria (CJAV) council which would develop a process of assessment of children under the age of 14 who break the law.” WE NEED TO LISTEN! #RaiseTheAge #CriminalResponsibility ...

Too young for Facebook… old enough for prison? | Centre f...

Come along to this important discussion about #RaisingTheAge of #CriminalResponsibility - free lunchtime event, 13 June: Too young for Facebook… old enough for prison? | Centre for Adolescent Health blogs.rch.org.au/cah/2019/05/16/too-young...

Police stations have been determined to be places of safety (in some circumstances), including police cells themselves #CriminalResponsibility

Dr Tony Bartone @tbbart1, Australian Medical Association #AMA President, talks with Jon Faine on @abcmelbourne today about why we need to #RaiseTheAge of #CriminalResponsibility from 10 to 14 in Australia. Listen here:...

Calls continue for ACT government to raise criminal age The Human Rights Law Centre said the ACT government shoul...

HRLC calls for ACT government to raise criminal age to 14 #RaiseTheAge #CriminalResponsibility www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/calls-conti... via @canberratimes