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Life imprisonment is the most severe criminal sentence available to the courts in Australia.Most cases attracting the sentence are murder.It is also imposed, albeit rarely, for sexual assault, manufacturing and trafficking commercial quantities of illicit drugs, and offences against the justice system and government security.
In 1895 South Australia also became the first Australian state to create a children's court, under the State Children’s Act 1895 (SA). [55] Today, it is known as the Youth Court, under the provisions of the Youth Court Act 1993 (SA). [56] Until 1969, matters were heard either in the Supreme Court or the Court of Petty Sessions.
The AustLII databases include the complete text of all of the decisions of the High Court, [6] decisions of the Federal Court from 1977 onwards (the decisions between 1977 and 1996 were selected by the Federal Court), [7] and decisions of the Family Court from 1988 onwards (as selected by the Family Court), [8] as well as a number of other ...
via AustLII: South Australian Law Reports: SALR: 1863-1920: via AustLII: Neutral citation: SASC: 1989-AustLII. BarNet JADE. SASCFC: 2010-AustLII. BarNet JADE. Court of Criminal Appeal and Full Court of the Supreme Court Supreme Court (Tas) Tasmanian Reports: Tas R: 1978-Thomson Reuters: Authorised report. 1978-1991: AustLII: Tasmanian State ...
The United States Sentencing Commission in the United States of America and the Sentencing Council in England and Wales are examples of bodies which consist primarily of judicial members, giving those bodies a judicial flavour. In contrast, the Sentencing Commission for Scotland is made up of parliamentarians, giving it a political flavour. [2]
Within the context of English and Welsh law, the totality principle is defined within the Criminal Justice Act 1991, that states that nothing in the Act "shall prevent the court ... in the case of an offender who is convicted of one or more other offences, from mitigating his sentence by applying any rule of law as to the totality of sentences". [5]
This template links to a variety of different case reports located on the Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) website. You should look up the case you wish to cite on AustLII, then refer to the URL of the web page on which the case appears to fill in the information required by the template.
The Sentencing Advisory Council of Victoria is an independent statutory body that was established by the Victorian Government in 2004 to conduct research on sentencing in Victoria, Australia. [1] The Council comprises a board of between 11 and 14 directors, who are supported by a secretary.