The Disavowal of Context: Sentencing Lex Wotton

Anthony, T

The Disavowal of Context: Sentencing Lex Wotton

Anthony, T

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Publisher:: University of New South Wales
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Indigenous Law Bulletin, 2009, 7 (10), pp. 27 - 30
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	Indigenous Law Bulletin, 2009, 7 (10), pp. 27 - 30	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1328-5475	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11863
dc.description.abstract	Almost thirty years ago in the case of R'v Neal (1982),1 members ofthe HighCourt recognised that an Indigenous defendant's assault (swearing and spitting) on a reserve officer inYarrabah, Queensland, needed to be understood in its paternalistic aQd racist context. Two ofthe four High Courtjudges acknowledged. that racist tensio.os onreserves that provoke 'violent' crimes against non-Indigenous officers can be factors that reduce the offender's criminal sentence; because they reduce the culpability of the Indigenous offender.	en_US
dc.publisher	University of New South Wales	en_US
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dc.title	The Disavowal of Context: Sentencing Lex Wotton	en_US
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Abstract:

Almost thirty years ago in the case of R'v Neal (1982),1 members ofthe HighCourt recognised that an Indigenous defendant's assault (swearing and spitting) on a reserve officer inYarrabah, Queensland, needed to be understood in its paternalistic aQd racist context. Two ofthe four High Courtjudges acknowledged. that racist tensio.os onreserves that provoke 'violent' crimes against non-Indigenous officers can be factors that reduce the offender's criminal sentence; because they reduce the culpability of the Indigenous offender.

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