It is pleasing to know that one of the most experienced lawyers and judges when it comes to dealing with Aboriginal offenders has now also joined the defence of Judge Bradley, writes Greg Barns.
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The witch hunt against Justice Bradley
In less polite circles we would call it a witch hunt. That is the only way one can describe the beat up in today’s media railing against Queensland District Court judge Sarah Bradley, writes Greg Barns.
Justice Sarah Bradley: In her own words
News of Judge Sarah Bradley’s “soft” sentences for nine Indigenous offenders who pleaded gulity to raping a 10-year-old girl has made its way around the world, from BBC News to Aljazeera. Justive Bradley has spoken at length in the past about how to approach Indigenous sentencing, writes Jane Nethercote.
Why Judge Bradley was right
The aspect of this case that is perhaps the most sickening is the way in which politicians have thrown up their hands in horror and jumped all over Judge Bradley and the Crown prosecutor in the case. These politicians are the very same people who have allowed the rate of Indigenous offenders in prison to remain outrageously high year in and year out, writes Greg Barns.
