Written by Sophie Parsons, Lawyer & In-House Counsel, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers Not many could have missed the media coverage of Cardinal George Pell’s sentencing hearing this week. It was a climactic scene that followed a lengthy and emotional...
Written by Tyson Manicolo, Lawyer, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. It is widely known that there is an alarming correlation between crime and illicit drug use. Here, I’d like to address the correlation between the probability of a positive sentencing outcome and people...
Dodgy Criminal Justice Policies Volume 1- No Body No Parole
In this episode of Doogue + George Presents Dodgy Criminal Justice Policies, we look at the flawed, illogical and ill-conceived no body, no parole legislation that the Victorian government proposes to introduce.
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. In “news” over the last 24 hours, the Herald Sun posted an article in which it is alleged that Victoria’s “Top Prosecutor” has called for urgent legal reforms as figures show...
Written by Bill Doogue.Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers. There has been some struggle to get to the essence of what will happen with baseline offences, since the introduction of the amended Sentencing Amendment (Baseline Sentences) Bill 2014 in April last year....
Written by Bill Doogue. Partner, Doogue + George Defence Lawyers What was once confined to dinner-party conversation; or parent’s schoolyard rumination; maybe you could throw in a few random picketers here and there, has now become instant worldwide mass hysteria. Social...
