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Decision overturns 20-year-old precedent and could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt

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[โ€“] abhibeckert@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The particular foreigner was hardly polite company... he actually had a visa until he was found guilty of a crime that, if he was a citizen, might have sent him to prison for life.

[โ€“] billytheid@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

no it wouldn't. then sentence he got was actually harsh for Australia, our laws around sexual assault are prehistoric