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REFERENCING using the REFERENCE GENERATOR
Videos from CLICKVIEW - use "Digital Library single program" OR "Digital Library series" as your reference guide.
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Using EBCSO databaseFor those of you who could not get to the Lindy Chamberlain page for Media from the guide
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Acknowledgement
St Stephen's School would like to acknowledge the contribution of
Mrs Dee Cunninghame,
a Teacher Librarian from 2008 - 2020, and the original creator of this guide.
TASK
Students will use an Australian Court Case to demonstrate whether Australia’s judicial system is just and fair. This will be shown through research, social media analysis and a three-minute presentation to the class.
Please select from the following Australian cases:
Mikelbergs and The Great Mint Swindle
Debra Locke and Golden Mile Corruption
Factors affecting miscarriage of justice cases
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When justice fails: A follow-up examination of serious criminal cases since 1985"Justice Kirby ( 199 l : 104 7) stated:
it should be acknowledged wholeheartedly that, in too many cases, it has been the media rather than the institutions of justice or the Judges, which have been vindicated ...
Embarrassing as it is to say .. It was a band of loyal journalists who supported them, rather than the judicial institutions which actually led to the termination of that injustice. "
From this document:
Factors responsible for actual or possible miscarriages of justice
POLICE
1. Allegations of Over-Zealous/Unprofessional Police Investigation
2. Allegations of Incompetent Police Investigation
3. Allegations of Criminal Police Behaviour
EVIDENCE
1. Expert as advocate
2. Inconclusive Expert Evidence
3. Circumstantial/Suspect Evidence
4. Unreliable Eyewitness Identification
5. Possible Victim/Witness Perjury
SECONDARY SOURCES
! . Confession by Other
2. Unreliable Police Informer
3. Unreliable Prison Informer
MASS MEDIA
1. Media pressure
2. Media Stereotyping/Prejudice
TRIAL PROCESSES
I. Possible Erroneous Judge's Instructions
2. Inadequate Representation
3. Allegations of Prosecution Misconduct
MISREADING OF CULTURAL FACTORS
Assignment
Extra information from your teachers
On miscarriages of justice
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INVESTIGATING INNOCENCE The Emerging Role of Innocence Projects in the Correction of Wrongful Conviction in AustraliaAn article from a prestigious journal on the Innocence projects.
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Miscarriages of justiceInteresting article written by author Ted Duhs, a former school principal, lecturer and researcher.
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ECU Criminal justice review project"The Criminal Justice Review Project is committed to pursuing the exoneration of those who have been wrongly convicted. By identifying the factors that contribute to wrongful conviction, it seeks to facilitate law reform, equity and equality for all who encounter the justice system process.
WASLA Teacher Librarian of the Year- 2017: Jo-Anne Urquhart
- 2016: Lise Legg
WASLA Library Officer of the Year- 2012: Karen Notley