Eight minute court cases in Cape York, says review
Tony Koch; 11/6/08
The average Cape York court case lasts barely eight minutes, according to a damning review of the region’s justice system that could result in hundreds of cases being appealed. The review was ordered by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh in December last year after revelations in The Australian that Cairns District Court judge Sarah Bradley had failed to jail nine males who gang-raped a 10-year-old girl at the Cape York community of Aurukun. The review was completed in February by Peter Davis SC, who, in preliminary comments obtained by The Australian, has described the case of the “Aurukun Nine” as “a disaster”. The Queensland Court of Appeal is in the next two weeks expected to heard.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23844882-5013404,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Legal