Mandatory Murder

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Abc Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2019
Edition: First Edition

Description: 306 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A compelling true story of homicide and injustice in an outback townAt first it looked like a swag, said the grader driver. Hed found the body just off the road outside the outback town of Katherine in the Northern Territory. Police quickly identified the dead man as Ray Nicefero, whod recently appeared in court for aggravated assault and breaching a domestic violence order. Three days later, three young local suspects were arrested, including nineteen-year-old Indigenous man Zak Grieve. A month later, Rays former partner was also arrested. But when the accused faced court in the rough justice system of the Territory, it quickly became apparent that there were few provable facts to be had. Depending on who was talking, a loving friend could be an abusive monster, a battered wife a conniving temptress. And a joke between mates about the best way to dispose of a body could be a conspiracy to murder. The outcome of the case was no less murky, thanks to the Territorys mandatory sentencing laws, which, the judge said, brings about injustice. Mandatory Murder is the compelling true story of murder in an outback town and the extraordinary aftermath. It raises several important questions, including how an Indigenous man who didnt attend a murder can be sentenced to jail for twenty years.

ISBN: 9780733339394