Mandatory sentencing

The recent death of a young Indigenous boy in custody in the Northern Territory has sparked international concern about mandatory sentencing laws.

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Recent News articles

ISSUES 2000 Mandatory sentencing - The Age - Archived Articles

28 February 2000

NT leader pledges to snub UN - The Age - By JASON KOUTSOUKIS

Newspaper ads to sell mandatory sentencing - The Australian - By DAVID NASON and RICHARD McGREGOR

26 February 2000

No word for mercy in white fella way - The Age - By DENNIS SCHULZ

23 February 2000

UN set to damn jail laws - The Age - By GEOFF KITNEY

22 February 2000

UN to vet jailing laws - The Age - By PAUL DALEY

Police jail boy for stealing 40c - The Australian - By NATALIE O'BRIEN

18 February 2000

Prime Minister's disregard of human rights obligations shocks Amnesty International - Amnesty International News Release

15 February 2000

Expensive justice at four cents a day - The Age - By MEG MUNDELL Tuesday

14 February 2000

Canberra urged to quash NT law - The Age - By JANINE MacDONALD

11 February 2000

Jailed for stealing pencils, 15-year-old Johnno dies in custody - The Australian - By PAUL TOOHEY

Outcry as boy dies in NT jail - The Age - By DENNIS SCHULZ

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