Remarks by the Hon. Justice Lex Lasry to the Criminal Law Congress, South Australia, 14 October 2016.
Justice Lex Lasry delivered a speech on 'Sentencing, politics and the media' at the 15th International Criminal Law Conference in South Australia on the 14 October, 2016. Justice Lasry spoke about the intersection between politicians, sentencing judges and the media and offered some comments about the pressures that trichotomy creates. He further spoke about how, despite the pressures, judges maintain an objective and principled sentencing regime which is increasingly under scrutiny and in some quarters under regular attack.
Word and PDF versions of the full speech are available for download below.
Publisher
Supreme Court of Victoria
Copyright
Supreme Court of Victoria, 2016
Date of publication