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After August 1939 the Executive Council had automatically commuted death sentences to a term of imprisonment. [196] In 1955, with the Labor party in control of both houses of the State Parliament, New South Wales abolished the death penalty for crimes such as murder and rape.
Sydney, New South Wales: Drug trafficking (heroin) 11 October 1978: 7 April 1989: Sentenced to 30 years, received a pardon. [39] Nola Blake: Botany, New South Wales: Drug trafficking (heroin) January 1987: March 1998: Originally sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison. Received a Royal Pardon. Holly Deane-Johns: Western Australia ...
The office of coroner in New South Wales derives from the legal framework inherited from the historical origins of the state and, ultimately, the United Kingdom. Admiral Arthur Phillip, the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales, was authorised by the British monarch to appoint such officials as were necessary for the administration of justice in the colony.
The series is a broadly fictional account of the Australian criminal underworld, loosely based on events in New South Wales and Victoria between 1976 and 1987. The story revolves around the organised crime groups that stemmed from the Griffith-based marijuana trade, led by "Aussie Bob" Trimbole (Roy Billing) and "Kiwi Terry" Clark (Matthew Newton).
Christopher Gerard O'Brien: 9 April 2018: 6 years, 307 days: Deputy Chief Magistrate Local Court (2014–2018) [224] Wendy Sue Strathdee: 22 May 2018: 6 years, 264 days [196] [225] Gerard Mark Phillips SC: 23 January 2019: 6 years, 18 days: President, Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales (2019–) [226] Ian David Bourke SC: 4 ...
Actor Tyler Christopher, best known for his years playing Nikolas Cassadine on General Hospital, died of suffocation affected by intoxication. Christopher died in October 2023 at the age of 50.
Charles Person, the youngest member of the original Freedom Riders who faced racial violence to challenge segregation in interstate travel, died Jan. 8 in Fayetteville, Georgia. He was 82. In 1961 ...
The last execution in New South Wales was carried out on 24 August 1939, when John Trevor Kelly was hanged at Sydney's Long Bay Correctional Centre for the murder of Marjorie Constance Sommarlad. New South Wales abolished the death penalty for murder in 1955, but retained it as a potential penalty for treason , piracy , and arson in naval ...