IS THIS CASE A TYPICAL REFLECTION OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM?
You could definitely say that this case is a typical reflection of our legal system but it shouldn't be. The trial was set down for June 1995; But Ivan Milat did not stand trial in June. In fact it was almost a year before the case came to court. Time and time management was a big issue in regards to this case, similarly this is the case with many other criminal cases that are heard in our legal system today.
In this case there was no specific party which was favoured the most by the criminal justice system. Advantages and disadvantages plus problems encountered were fairly evened up. There was a balance of individuals rights with society's rights.
The victims' family:
TIME It took as much as 4 years [from 1992 when the bodies were first discovered to when Ivan Milat was sentenced in 1996] for the victims' family of this horrendous crime to get closure. 4 years is an extremely long time to wait for closure and a......
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