Christie’s Law

The Herald reports:

Mr King said he supported parts of Christie's , the proposed amendments to the bail Act campaigned for by Christie's parents after her death in November last year. …

Mr King said parts of Christie's Law were “sophisticated” and “thought-through” but he said a suggested risk assessment tool to judge judges was “costly gobbledegook”.

He backed changes to the law that currently give a strong presumption of bail for those are under 20, saying it would have made a difference in Christie's case.

Rare for a defence lawyer to support a law change which will make it harder for defendants (under 20) to get bail, so good to see this. think the key point is that the current law made it very hard for a Judge to refuse bail, and removing the presumption of bail may have meant Chand would not have got bail, and hence killed .

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