According to Rubin Carter this is how long one has to protest one's innocence before anybody will take it seriously. Rubin Carter spent 20 years in jail for a crime that he did not commit. See McCutcheonSandy, The Innocence Project (2003) Perspective, ABC Radio National <abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/stories/s865590.htm> at 10 November 2008.
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See for example, WeatheredLynne, ‘Does Australia Need a Specific Institution to Correct Wrongful Conviction?’ (2007) 40(2) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology179.
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HoelAdrian, Compensation for Wrongful Conviction (Trends and Issues in Criminal Justice, Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008) <aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi356.pdf> and PercyTom, ‘Despised Outsiders: Compensation for Wrongful Convictions’ (2007) 81Precedent21.
See Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) s 23. This is discussed in Hoel, above n 3, 3–4. The Queensland Government has put together a working party to consider possible solutions for dealing with wrongful convictions: See TaylorFiona, Queensland moves closer to a fairer justice system (2008) Griffith University <www3.griffith.edu.au/03/ertiki/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=16162> at 10 November 2008.
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For a full discussion these issues, see generally Hoel above n 3.
