In the effort to give an evaluation of Australia's criminal justice system I will present two case studies which detail the criminal law proceedings.
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HSC LEGAL STUDIES ASSESSMENT TASK ONE FOCUS Study: ~CRIME~ Hayley Watson HLS1 -Mr. Ley 8th December 2003 TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH: In Australia, to commit a crime, there must be an act or failure to act which breaks the law, the act must be seen as harmful to the whole community, and the act must be punishable by the state. In the effort to give an evaluation of Australia's criminal justice system I will present two case studies which detail the criminal law proceedings. Case Study One: "Killer's silence leaves chilling doubts." -SMH 29/8/02 The first article regards the sentencing and subsequent punishment of a man, Michael Guider who abducted and unlawfully killed nine year old Samantha Knight 16 years earlier. On August 19, 1986 at 4.30pm Samantha left her mother's flat in Bondi on a trip down to Bondi Shopping Centre. Samantha visited the newsagency and bought a pencil...


