The Conviction of the Innocent: How the law can let us down
Random House, $32.95 hb, 277 pp
Throw away the keys
Chester Porter QC retired as a barrister in June 2000. Several weeks previous, the Bar Council appointed Porter a life member of the New South Wales Bar Association ‘for his exceptional service to the Bar Association and the profession of law’. The Council’s decision was unanimous (I know this because I wrote the minutes of that meeting). There was, and is, no dispute that Porter was one of Australia’s foremost advocates. Porter retired from the Bar, but not from passionately advocating justice for those caught up in our criminal justice system, including those members of society many of the community would be happy to have rot behind bars.
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The Conviction of the Innocent: How the law can let us down
by Chester Porter
Random House, $32.95 hb, 277 pp
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