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Scathing report against top prosecutor a 'stitch up'

A state government has hit back over suggestions it should examine whether its director of public prosecutions should be removed from office over a media leak.

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NSW’s top prosecutor scores legal win in bias claim against senior judge

Recusal application against district court judge Penelope Wass yet to be determined amid row with DPP

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Spat grows between top judge and chief prosecutor

A growing war between a top judge and a state's chief prosecutor has spilled over into parliament, with the matter escalating to a high court.

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'Double counting' in 32-year bus sentence for 10 deaths

A 32-year jail sentence for a bus driver whose "risk-taking" conduct led to a horror crash that killed 10 wedding guests has been defended in court.

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Kristian White did not give Clare Nowland ‘real chance to avoid being Tasered’, prosecutors argue

Crown tells court non-custodial sentence for former police officer was ‘manifestly inadequate’

The Guardian - AU

Review finds 97% of NSW sexual assault cases prosecuted fairly, despite judge’s concerns about ‘meritless’ cases

Review follows rare spat between top prosecutors and judges, the latter suggesting a lack of ‘rational interrogation’ over sexual assault allegations

The Guardian - AU

Judge gives the media a serve over criticism of rape prosecutions

Judge John Pickering defends NSW DPP Sally Dowling and fomer ACT DPP Shane Drumgold against sustained attacks. Plus: what Gina Rinehart wants for Christmas

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Call for sex assault trial review to go further

A review of sexual assault trial cases should be expanded to include police, says one MP as the NSW premier backs an under-fire leading prosecutor.

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Rare spat over sexual assault trials prompts case audit

A top prosecutor has rejected "preposterous" attacks over sexual assault cases that are supposedly doomed to fail, but has launched a review process.

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Protesters interrupt ANU event – as it happened

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Shane Drumgold says Bruce Lehrmann prosecution inquiry failed to give him fair hearing and breached law

ACT government also reveals Sofronoff report appeared to present paragraph from Australian newspaper as opinion of NSW supreme court judge

The Guardian - AU

NSW DPP spots 'significant' error in Sofronoff report, A-G reveals

The error was made by misquoting from a story in The Australian.

The Canberra Times

Rare murder appeal 'gruelling' for family

An appeal by a convicted murderer to go back on his guilty plea has been a gruelling but important process to watch, the brother of the victim says.

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