Legal issues

Legal issues

1. Task
Instructions

Choose one case study:

Mr Ward Death in Transit Case
Palm Island Death in Custody Case
Bowraville Child Murders Case
Louis St John Johnson Murder Case
You may write an essay of 2000 words or answer the four questions – total words to equal 2000.
Essay: (2000 words) Discuss the interplay between process failures and prejudice in this case. To what extent did the ethnic identity of deceased person/people play a part in the events and how can this be prevented in future? (40 marks)

OR

Short answer questions: (500 words per question)
1. How/why do you think the systems failed in this case?(10 marks)
2. Have subsequent inquires, investigations or court cases delivered justice to the families of the deceased person/people? Why or Why not?(10 marks)
3. How did the ethnic identity of the deceased person/people influence events?(10 marks)
4. What do you think should be done to prevent similar issues in the future? (10 marks)