Manifestations of Moral Panics in the Sentencing of Palm Islander Lex Wotton

Anthony, T

Manifestations of Moral Panics in the Sentencing of Palm Islander Lex Wotton

Anthony, T

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Publisher:: Hawkins Press
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2009, 20 (3), pp. 466 - 475
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Anthony, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-0731	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2009, 20 (3), pp. 466 - 475	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	This Comment considers the sentencing of Palm Islander man, Lex Patrick Wotton, for his involvement in the protest following the death in custody of Mulrunji. It examines the protest as a response to the police role in the death and the police mishandling of the consequent investigation. The Comment critiques the media trial that paralleled Wotton's court trial. The mainstream media, along with the Queensland Government and police union, produced a moral panic over the Palm Island protest that overshadowed the death in custody. This Comment argues that the court that sentenced Wotton appropriated the moral panic over the offence to remove the death in custody as a sentencing factor.	en_US
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dc.title	Manifestations of Moral Panics in the Sentencing of Palm Islander Lex Wotton	en_US
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Abstract:

This Comment considers the sentencing of Palm Islander man, Lex Patrick Wotton, for his involvement in the protest following the death in custody of Mulrunji. It examines the protest as a response to the police role in the death and the police mishandling of the consequent investigation. The Comment critiques the media trial that paralleled Wotton's court trial. The mainstream media, along with the Queensland Government and police union, produced a moral panic over the Palm Island protest that overshadowed the death in custody. This Comment argues that the court that sentenced Wotton appropriated the moral panic over the offence to remove the death in custody as a sentencing factor.

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