The Sentencing of Harriet Wran

R v Wran [2016] NSWSC 1015 (26 July 2016). See also Brown , ‘When punitive media intrude on the courts’ role, can justice be served?’, The Conversation (online), 19 August 2016 <https://theconversation.com/when-punitive-media-intrude-on-the-courts-role-can-justice-be-served-63824>.

R v Wran [2016] NSWSC 1015 [72–79]. While the focus in the judgment and this article is on the tabloid media ‘the articles and allegations were picked up and repeated in other news organisations including online versions of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Daily Mail’ [75].

R v Wran [2016] NSWSC 1015 [79].

There were a range of more weighty matters in mitigation, eg, an early guilty plea, remorse, her minor role in events, her drug addiction and mental illness, and the unlikelihood of further offending. See R v Wran [2016] NSWSC 1015 48–71].

(2005) 225 CLR 466; see also AB v the Queen (1999) 198 CLR 111; Rv Stanbouli (2003) 141 A Crim R 531; R v Patison (2003) 143 A Crim R 118; R v Rose [2004] NSWCCA 326. See Bagaric Mirko Edney Richard and Alexander Theo , ‘(Particularly) Burdensome Prison Times Should Reduce Imprisonment Length – And Not Merely in Theory’ (2014) 38(2) Melbourne University Law Review 409, 413–9.

Howie J in R v Mostyn (2004) 145 A Crim R 304 held that it should not be assumed protective custody was necessarily more onerous and that evidence of the restrictive conditions should be provided. See also: Bagaric , above n 5, 413—419.

(1991) 57 ACrim R313, 318. See Bagaric , above n 5, 423–5.

See Ryan v The Queen [2001] HCA 21 (2001) 206 CLR 267; R v Bunning [2007] VSCA 205; R v Kenny NSWCCA 6; Einfeld v R [2010] NSWCCA 87 [2010]; R v Wilhelm [2010] NSWSC 378, [33].

R v Wran, [2016] NSWSC 1015 [72–79].

Editorial, ‘Harriet Wran: A strange case of judgment’, The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney), 31 July 2016.

R v Wran, [2016] NSWSC 1015 [74].

Editorial, above n 10.

Australian Press Council Statement of Principles (2014). General Principles 1,3, 5, 6 and 7 all appear infringed by the coverage. See <http://www.presscouncil.org.au/statements-of-principles/>.

Maley Jacqueline , The case of Harriet Wran’, Sydney Morning Herald (online) 29 July 2016 <http://www.smh.com.au/comment/the-case-of-harriet-wran-we-need-to-see-the-person-not-the-drug-addict-24160728-gqfs8e.html>.

‘Pervert prosecutor's legal pals’, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 25 April 2007.

‘Pervert and his 59 mates’ The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 5 May 2007; See also ‘Bar Talk’, Justinian (29 May 2007) <http://justinianarchive.com/977-article>.

Networked Knowledge , Media Report <http://netk.net.au/Defamation/Defamationl.asp>.

‘Apology to Patrick Power referees’, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 9 July 2007. 19. R v Wran [2016] NSWSC 1026 (26 July 2016) [13–15].

Crawford Sarah and Dale Amy , ‘Supreme Court Justice Ian Harrison doesn't believe jail is a deterrent’, The Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 28 July 2016.

Harrison Justice Ian , ‘Sentencing Conference Speech’ (Delivered at University House, Australian National University’, 8 February 2008) 4 <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/NSWJSchol/2008/1.pdf>.

See Bagaric Mirko and Alexander Theo , ‘(Marginal) deterrence doesn't work – and what it means for sentencing’ (2011) 35 Criminal Law Journal 269, 273–7.

Brown David and Quilter Julia , ‘Speaking Too Soon: The Sabotage of Bail Reform in NSW’ (2014) 3(3) IJCJ&SD 73–97.

Olding Rachel , ‘NSW police suspected of undermining bail laws’. The Sydney Morning Herald (online), 8 August 2014 <http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-police-suspected-of-undermining-bail-laws-20140807-101gqb.html>.

Brown and Quilter, above n 23, 82.

de Kretser Hugh ‘NSW anti-protest laws are part of a corrosive national trend’, Sydney Morning Herald (online), 22 March 2016 <http://www.smh.com.au/comment/nsw-antiprotest-laws-are-part-of-a-corrosive-national-trend-20160321-gnoIOh.html>; McNamara Luke and Quilter Julia , Greater police powers and penalties threaten civil liberties in NSW for ‘public safety’, The Conversation (online), 8 April 2016 <https://theconversation.com/greater-police-powers-and-penalties-threaten-civil-liberties-in-nsw-for-public-safety-57133>.

See Brown David , ‘Is rational law reform still possible in a shock-jock tabloid world?’, The Conversation (online), 15 August 2014 <https://theconversation.com/is-rational-law-reform-still-possible-in-a-shock-jock-tabloid-world-30416>.

Duffy James , ‘Roll the Dice, Rational Agent: Should Extra-Curial Punishment Mitigate an Offender's Sentence?’ (2012) 31(1) UQ Law Journal 115–130, 116; see Table of legislation at 117.

Bagaric Mirko Xynas Lidia and Lambropoulos Victoria , The irrelevance to Sentencing of (Most) Incidental Hardship Suffered by Offenders' (2016) UNSW Law Journal 47.

R v Hannigan [2009] QCA 40 [25].

Duffy, above n 28, 129.

Chong Mark David Fellows Jamie and Richards Frank , ‘Sentencing the “Victimised Criminal”: Delineating the Uncertain Scope of Mitigatory Extra-Curial Punishment’ (2013) 35 Sydney Law Review 379–406, 405.

Ibid.

Bagaric et al, above n 29, 72. See also Bagaric and Edney , Sentencing in Australia (Thomson Reuters, 3rd edn, 2015) Ch 9, 301–474.

Per Mason CJ Brennan Dawson and Toohey JJ . Veen (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 465, 476.

Garland David , ‘Philosophical argument and ideological effect: An essay review’ (1983) 7 Contemporary Crises 79, 83.

Garland David and Young Peter , Towards a Social Analysis of Penality’ in Garland and Young (eds), The Power to Punish (Heinemann, 1983) 11.

Garland David , ‘Introduction: The Meaning of Mass Imprisonment’ in Garland (ed), Mass Imprisonment (Thousand Oaks, 2001) 2; see also Cunneen Chris , Penal Culture and Hyperincarceration (Ashgate, 2013).

Edwards (1996) A Crim R 510, 515.

ALRC , Same Crime Same Time: Sentencing of Federal Offenders Report No 103 (2006) 190.

Lacey Nicola , State Punishment (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1988) 200.

Ashworth Andrew , Sentencing and Criminal Justice (Cambridge University Press, 5th ed, 2010) 95–100.