How should wrongful convictions be compensated?
Queensland man Terry Irving was recently awarded $130,000 in damages for a malicious prosecution over 30 years ago. The Law Report looks at compensation for wrongful convictions in Australia and asks: do we need a better system?
Law Report · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
September 30, 202529m 7s
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Queensland man Terry Irving was recently awarded $130,000 in damages for a malicious prosecution over 30 years ago. The Law Report looks at compensation for wrongful convictions in Australia and asks: do we need a better system?
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Terry IrvingQueenslandrobberySupreme Court of Queenslandcompensationdamagesmalicious prosecutionmiscarriage of justiceHelen Maree PfingstcourttrialIndigenouswrongful convictionssystemjusticeAboriginalTownsville