Parents campaign for Queensland magistrates to be given power to assess mental impairments

September 3, 2014

The parents of a mentally impaired woman who was convicted of 15 shoplifting charges say Queensland’s laws need to be changed to give magistrates the power to assess whether a person is fit to plead.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-03/parents-campaign-for-magistrates-power-laws-to-change/5717062

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