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News.com.au
8 hours ago
- General
- News.com.au
‘Turning them into criminals': Mum's desperate plea for youth crime crackdown as Premier responds
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has responded to a mother's desperate pleas for harsher youth crime penalties, over fears her teenage son might kill someone, or lose his own life without harsher sentencing. The woman - known only as Stacey - told The Courier Mail she feels the government's focus on Adult Time, Adult Crime laws don't work and the problem instead lies with the judicial system. She said her 14-year-old son had been a regular visitor to court for the past three years for breaking into homes, stealing cars and abusing drugs. Stacey claims her child walked away with a slap on the wrist each time. 'I've told the judge in court. I've told the police, I've told everyone that it's not going to end until he kills someone or he kills himself,' Stacey told The Courier Mail. 'We are turning them into criminals by not punishing them. 'It's like parents not disciplining their kids – and it's worse because they have the authority to do something.' '…When they go to court now, the judge might talk about adult time for adult crime – but it never happens. She said the current judicial outcomes are not working, and by letting them off time after time allows the youth offenders to 'get better' at crime by understanding how to 'work the system'. 'When you just keep letting them out, they get smarter and they figure out that they need to leave one car here, and one car here, and another here,' she said. 'They get better at what they do. How is that helping?' Speaking on Today on Monday morning, Mr Crisafulli said the first round of the Adult Crime, Adult Time laws were passed just before Christmas - resulting in youth offenders facing tougher consequences for 13 offences. A second round of tougher penalties passed on May 22, expanding the offence list to that of 33, including attempted murder, sexual assault, and aggravated attempted robbery. He said Stacey's story was 'heartbreaking' 'It's a cry for help from someone who wants more,' Mr Crisafulli told the program. 'We're about to go out in our first budget in the largest investment in early intervention and rehabilitation, and we're finally seeing police numbers get back up off the canvas. 'Some of the reoffending rates are starting to come down – we've had a fall in the first quarter in things like break and enter as well as stolen cars. 'We're certainly not celebrating, there's a long way to go and if further changes are needed, and we believe there are, you bet they will happen because we are not going to keep living through the youth crime crisis that we've inherited from ten years of weaker laws and fewer police.' The provision that says detention has to be a last resort has been removed, he added. 'We've got two focuses,' Mr Crisafulli said. 'The first is on early intervention. We've got to stop kids like this falling through the cracks. 'Then at the other end, you need stronger laws and you need consequences for actions. 'Otherwise, that merry-go-round just keeps going round and round and round.'
The Independent
3 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
‘Creepy Karoline': Former Trump lawyer comes up with new nickname for White House press secretary
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb christened White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt 'Creepy Karoline' after she launched an attack on the judges who ruled against Trump's tariff plans. Cobb, a former prosecutor, jibed that 'Creepy Karoline' isn't being 'taken seriously' by Americans during an interview on CNN 's OutFront show Thursday, where host Erin Burnett grilled him on the overturning of Trump's tariffs in the U.S. courts Wednesday. Cobb represented Trump during Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Burnett asked what the attorney thought of Leavitt's claim that the judicial system is being 'railroaded by activist judges.' 'I don't think creepy Karoline – when she speaks – I don't think anybody in America really takes her seriously on a matter of substance. I mean, she's not learned by any imagination,' he said. 'And I think her comments are clearly so defensive and so ill-informed that people might largely turn her out. She's wrong.' Leavitt vowed that the Trump administration would take Wednesday's seismic ruling 'to the Supreme Court, ' after delivering a minutes-long, impassioned screed about the unprecedented rate at which Donald Trump 's second presidency has been rebuffed by the Judicial Branch. 'Keep in mind, these courts are not trying to participate in international trade matters. All they're doing is ruling on whether a statute authorizes actions by a president. Did Congress delegate its authority to the president under this statute?' Cobb continued. 'And the statute in question has never in history been used in connection with tariffs. So, I think the likelihood is that this statute will be upheld and enforced in a way that precludes the president from trying to pretend that he has these all-encompassing powers.' Leavitt's fiery jibe at the three judges who declared Trump's sweeping tariffs illegal continued as she accused them of 'threatening to undermine the credibility of the United States on the world stage.' The press secretary went on to say jurists 'brazenly abuse their judicial power to usurp the authority of President Trump.' Leavitt is favored by MAGA and the Trump administration for her perceieved cutthroat jibes on the stand. Trump said during the announcement of her appointment that Leavitt was 'smart', 'tough', and 'effective.' Since taking office in January, the White House has been actively slating the 'left-wing legacy media,' upping its fiery rhetoric and straying away from traditional press formalities. The administration even barred an Associated Press reporter from attending an Oval Office event last month – a move that struck a chord and brought about fears regarding the oppression of free speech.
South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Maradona homicide trial declared null after 2 months, 40 witnesses
An Argentine court on Thursday nullified the trial of late football legend Diego Maradona's medical team after a judge stepped down over her role in an unauthorised documentary about the case. In what is widely considered an embarrassment for Argentina's judicial system, judge Maximiliano Savarino said the conduct of his colleague Julieta Makintach had 'caused prejudice' to the proceedings, which started in March and had already heard more than 40 witnesses. A new trial will be held from scratch, with a different panel of judges. Makintach, one of three judges, had recused herself on Tuesday after it emerged she had been interviewed for a miniseries about the case, potentially breaking a string of ethics rules. After police raids and a one-week suspension of proceedings, 47-year-old Makintach was accused of violating her impartiality, influence peddling and even bribery over her involvement in the miniseries Divine Justice. Judge Julieta Makintach arrives at court for a hearing in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, on Tuesday. Photo: AP A trailer for the television show was played in court Tuesday, showing Makintach stalking the halls of justice in high heels as grim details of the footballing hero's demise were relayed.
Bloomberg
5 days ago
- General
- Bloomberg
Trump's DHS Asks Supreme Court to Intervene on Deportations
The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court to block a judge's order that requires the government to give people 10 days' notice and an opportunity to object before they are deported to a so-called third country. The emergency request stems from a case before a Massachusetts federal judge, who last week said that the administration violated his earlier order by attempting to send a group of migrants convicted of crimes to South Sudan.
CNN
5 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Judge in Diego Maradona trial stands down following documentary scandal
A judge has stepped down from the criminal proceedings regarding the death of Argentine footballer Diego Armando Maradona. An Argentine court had removed the judge, Julieta Makintach, after one of the defendants in the Maradona trial requested her disqualification due to a possible lack of impartiality and for allegedly authorizing the filming of a documentary during court hearings. Makintach accepted the court's disqualification. In a previous hearing, she had stated that her brother is a partner at the production company mentioned in the case, but it had nothing to do with a potential documentary about Maradona. This is a developing story and will be updated.
