The Andrews Labor Government has just announced a proposed extension of Victoria’s already draconian post-sentence preventative supervision and detention regime to include ‘serious violent offenders’. The announcement also includes the introduction of a new ‘emergency detention order’ power allowing supervision order offenders to be detained in prison for up to seven days if they pose …
The post Proposed Serious Offenders Bill is an insult to the rule of law appeared first on Melbourne Criminal Lawyers Blog.