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NT government to reverse ban on spit hoods in youth detention
By Grace Atta

The Northern Territory government has flagged it will reinstate the use of spit hoods on young people in youth detention centres, almost eight years after the practice was banned.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-28/nt-

ABC News · NT to reinstate use of spit hoods in youth detention, eight years after royal commission sparked banBy Grace Atta

Donna Nelson was 'blind mule' in romance scam, expert claims in Japan court
By James Oaten and Lauren Smith

Lawyers for Perth grandmother Donna Nelson are hoping new expert evidence will prove she could not have known she was smuggling drugs into Japan.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/don

ABC News · Donna Nelson launches appeal against Japan drug conviction using romance scam expertBy James Oaten

Donna Nelson to use romance scam expert to appeal Japan drug conviction
By James Oaten and Lauren Smith

Lawyers for Perth grandmother Donna Nelson are hoping new expert evidence will prove she could not have known she was smuggling drugs into Japan.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/don

ABC News · Donna Nelson launches appeal against Japan drug conviction using romance scam expertBy James Oaten

Was Bradley Murdoch guilty? Court transcripts and experts reveal the truth
By Jason Walls

Conspiracy theories about the murder of Peter Falconio dogged his family and girlfriend Joanne Lees for as long as Bradley Murdoch denied his guilt. So where does the truth lie?

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-17/evi

ABC News · Was Bradley Murdoch guilty? Court transcripts and experts reveal the truth of Peter Falconio's murderBy Jason Walls

Police union raises alarm over death in custody risk in watch houses
By Olivana Lathouris and Samantha Dick

The Northern Territory's police union is warning a death or serious incident in custody is only a matter of time under dangerous conditions in police watch houses.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-15/nt-

ABC News · NT police union raises alarm over death in custody risk in watch housesBy Olivana Lathouris
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John J. Lennon lives at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, where he is serving his 24th year of a 28-years-to-life sentence. He’s also a journalist whose work has appeared in Esquire, the New York Times, the Atlantic, and more. Until last year, he was at Sullivan Correctional Facility, where he mentored emerging writers, both informally and most recently, through the Sullivan Nonfiction Writing Workshop. He writes for @nybooks about setting that up, and what happened when it came to an end with the prison’s closure. “I often think about the time before I came to prison, when I had no promising future. I’ve come to realize that two opposing realities can be true at once: prison probably saved my life and it’s where I learned to write; and prison is a disgusting place that’s hurting me more now than ever,” he writes. “I’m both ashamed and proud of my path. But it wouldn’t have been possible if prison officials hadn’t given writing programs a chance.” [Story may be paywalled]

nybooks.com/online/2025/05/21/

The New York Review of BooksFinding the Story | John J. LennonIn 2023, Daniel Martuscello III, the new Acting Commissioner of New York’s corrections department, started sending the state’s prisoners encouraging

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Precedent,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/76306…

Interesting report this morning of a BC couple that tried to use AI to assist in finding precedents for a civil case regarding their condo.

The tribunal found almost all the citations were false.

> The Geismayrs referenced 10 decisions as part of their argument to allow the unit changes and listed Microsoft Copilot as the source of the cases.

> Nine of the cases were fake, according to tribunal member Peter Mennie.

> "I find it likely that these cases are 'hallucinations' where artificial intelligence generates false or misleading results," Mennie wrote in his Feb. 14 ruling.

cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIHallucinations
#generativeAI #ChatBots #JusticeSystem
#BC #Canada #CoPilot #Microsoft

www.cbc.caB.C. couple referenced non-existent, AI-generated court rulings in condo dispute, tribunal finds

“Britain's two-tier justice system”

by Another Angry Voice on Substack

“There's a huge disparity between the lengthy sentences for the Zoom call environmental activists and greedy landowners repeatedly descending on London to demand inheritance tax breaks for themselves”

open.substack.com/pub/anothera

Another Angry Voice · Britain's two-tier justice systemBy Another Angry Voice
#Press#UK#Britain

The National Institute of Justice, the research, evaluation, and technology agency of the US Dept of Justice, has pulled ALL open grant rfps/opportunities from the gov site. This is paired with all National Institute of Health research-grant reviews, travel, and trainings funding also getting abruptly canceled, part of an extensive pause in external communications issued by the US Dept of Health and Human Services.

12ft.io/https://www.nature.com

Trump #pardons Capitol #rioters as he signs first orders of presidency.

Pelosi says the move is an "outrageous #insult to our #justicesystem and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution".

She says it is "#shameful" that Trump has made the "abandonment and betrayal of police officers who put their lives on the line" one of his top priorities.

#USPol #auspol
bbc.com/news/live/ce8jy9j91y5t

BBC NewsDonald Trump considers 10% tariff on China from next month on first full day of presidencyIt follows threats by Trump to levy import taxes of 25% on Mexico and Canada, accusing them of allowing undocumented migrants and drugs into the US.

Wrongful convictions panel will help Indigenous, racialized people: Virani
The review process will move away from ministers to an independent commission Ottawa says will make it easier, faster and more fair for the potentially wrongfully convicted.
#justice #convictions #indigenous #racialized #Ottawa #Canada #ArifVirani #justicesystem #WrongfulConvictions
globalnews.ca/news/10926496/ca

Wrongful convictions panel will help Indigenous, racialized people: Virani
The review process will move away from ministers to an independent commission Ottawa says will make it easier, faster and more fair for the potentially wrongfully convicted.
#justice #convictions #Indigenous #racialized #Ottawa #Canada #ArifVirani #justicesystem #WrongfulConvictions
globalnews.ca/news/10926496/ca

Wrongful convictions panel will help Indigenous, racialized people: Virani
The review process will move away from ministers to an independent commission Ottawa says will make it easier, faster and more fair for the potentially wrongfully convicted.
#justice #convictions #indigenous #racialized #Ottawa #Canada #ArifVirani #justicesystem #WrongfulConvictions
globalnews.ca/news/10926496/ca

6.7: Restorative Justice & Reconciliation With Rev Nora Jacob

Join us for a conversation with Rev. Nora Jacob on a better way to dispense justice than to subject offenders to a strictly brutal prison experience. A way that, by recognizing that hurt people hurt people, aims to empower, not just victims, but also offenders, to heal. This isn’t just showing mercy to incarcerated people, it significantly lowers the chances that they’ll end up back in prison after their release. That's a win for us all.

youtu.be/UUyRsDX4xrE