Criminal Justice
Latest Content
Liberty Victoria joins the 119 Criminal and Legal Practitioners to call for humane decarceration during the COVID-19 pandemic. You cannot social distance in a cramped prison.
Humane decarceration...
March 29, 2020
Press Release
Liberty Victoria's call to decarcerate the state's jails and detention centres to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 has been reported by the Sun-Herald
March 26, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
In light of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty Victoria supports calls from more than 370 lawyers, academics and advocates to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the Australian...
March 24, 2020
Press Release
In light of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, Liberty Victoria supports calls from more than 370 lawyers, academics and advocates to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in the Australian...
March 24, 2020
Press Release
The decision over the weekend to halt new jury trials in New South Wales and Victoria — Australia’s most populous states — was the first real COVID-19 shock to hit the justice system. It will not...
March 17, 2020
Liberty Victoria in the News
Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Worker Harm) Bill 2020
Liberty Victoria is strongly opposed to the Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Worker Harm) Bill 2020 (“The Bill”).
The Bill reflects the...
March 16, 2020
Press Release
"There is a genuine risk of innocent people being convicted of crimes they have not committed."
Liberty Victoria strongly opposes the Victorian Government’s recently announced reforms to the law of...
March 3, 2020
Press Release
Liberty Victoria welcomes the Victorian government’s announcement that it is committed to introducing a legislated spent convictions scheme. Once a scheme is legislated, this will bring Victoria in...
March 3, 2020
Press Release
Liberty Victoria welcomes the High Court’s decision handed down today, which recognises
that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people cannot be considered “aliens” under the
Australian...
February 11, 2020
Press Release
The state’s courts are also dealing with record numbers of accused offenders being stuck behind bars as years of tightening bail laws continue to bite.
Liberty Victoria vice-president Jamie Gardiner...
November 14, 2019
Liberty Victoria in the News