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This PPEARRJAM criteria can be used when the law fails to keep up with technology
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Desmond Appleby was the first person to be convicted using which type of evidence?
What is DNA?
The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws.
What is the judiciary?
Flat out like...
What is a lizard drinking?
The standard of proof in criminal law.
What is beyond reasonable doubt?
This form of abuse involves sharing or threatening to share intimate images without consent.
What is "image-based sexual abuse" (IBSA)?
DNA evidence serves this “two-fold purpose.”
What is convicting offenders and excluding suspects?
This court hears disputes between Australian states and interprets the Constitution.
What is the High Court of Australia?
As mad as a...
What is cut snake?
The main legislation governing criminal law in NSW.
What is the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)?
This case involved a miscarriage of justice due to contaminated DNA samples.
What is R v Jama (2008)?
The term for DNA being passed indirectly from person to object to person.
What is secondary transfer?
The concept that no one is above the law.
What is the rule of law?
Not here to...
What is f** spiders?
A civil penalty for not removing an intimate image after an eSafety Commissioner order.
What is a fine? ($105,000 for individuals and $525,000 for platforms)
The High Court case that described wrongful conviction as "a black day in the history of criminal justice."
What is R v Button [2001]?
This High Court case overturned a conviction because DNA evidence alone was not enough.
What is Fitzgerald v The Queen [2014]?
This term refers to government bodies like police
What is a law enforcement agency?
He's got a few roos loose...
What is in the top paddock?
Legal aid ensures access to justice by providing this
What is legal representation to those who cannot afford it?
This federal body can fine individuals or social media companies for failing to remove intimate images.
What is the eSafety Commissioner?
This phenomenon refers to jurors placing too much trust in forensic evidence due to TV crime shows.
What is the CSI Effect?
An individual wrongfully convicted may appeal their case with this type of evidence.
What is fresh and compelling evidence?
He's as sharp as...
What is the edge of town?
This international body prosecutes individuals for crimes like genocide and crimes against humanity.
What is the International Criminal Court?