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ABC 891- 5pm News Bulletin, 17 March 2010

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Audio includes ABC 891 5pm News Bulletin
Post 5pm interview includes

Vicky Chapman, South Australian Shadow Attorney-General

Michael Atkinson, South Australian Attorney-General

Michael O’Connell, SA [...]

The Advertiser: Legal system condemned by public opinion

Editorial: Legal system condemned by public opinion
Amid all the pre-election posturing on law and order, the Eugene McGee case is further proof that a legal system is not necessarily the same thing as a justice system.
Unsurprisingly, the decision of a District Court judge to acquit McGee and his brother Craig of conspiring to pervert the [...]

The Advertiser: Victim’s family wants Eugene McGee disbarred

Victim’s family wants Eugene McGee disbarred
Hit-run lawyer Eugene McGee is profiting from his drawn-out prosecution and using it to fuel a drink-driving law practice, the widow of his victim says.
Di Gilcrist, widow of Ian Humphrey, yesterday attacked the former police officer for trading on his “stigma” to make a living.
She was upset to learn that, [...]

Wheels of Justice statement: Has justice really been seen to be done?

The acquittal of Craig and Eugene McGee in the District Court of South Australia of a Charge of Conspiracy to Pervert the Cause of Justice clearly exposes serious defects in the law in this country concerning the death of vulnerable road users and the ability of those with knowledge and experience of the law to [...]