Major changes to Victorian homicide laws proposed
The Victorian Department of Justice has overnight released the Defensive Homicide Proposals for Legislative Reform: Consultation Paper. The paper is a…
The Victorian Department of Justice has overnight released the Defensive Homicide Proposals for Legislative Reform: Consultation Paper. The paper is a…
This month the Home Secretary Theresa May MP announced a major review in England and Wales of how police respond…
Provocation is a partial defence to murder, which has attracted controversy and critique in every Australian criminal justice system except South…
An article discussing the findings of Kate Fitz-Gibbon’s research examining the Victorian operation of defensive homicide has appeared front page…
This article was first published at The Conversation on the 29th May 2013. Research published last week revealed that from…