Law Report with Damien Carrick: High Court to decide Akon Guode infanticide, murder sentence anomaly

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How should you punish someone who has committed two very different crimes at the same time? 

That's the dilemma before the High Court, which is considering whether to extend the prison sentence of a Melbourne woman who killed three of her seven children by driving her car into a lake.

Period19 Nov 2019

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  • TitleLaw Report with Damien Carrick: High Court to decide Akon Guode infanticide, murder sentence anomaly
    Degree of recognitionNational
    Media name/outletABC Law Report with Damien Carrick
    Media typeRadio
    Duration/Length/Size28 minutes
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    Date19/11/19
    DescriptionHow should you punish someone who has committed two very different crimes at the same time?

    That's the dilemma before the High Court, which is considering whether to extend the prison sentence of a Melbourne woman who killed three of her seven children by driving her car into a lake.
    Producer/AuthorABC Radio
    URLhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/hca-to-consider-akon-guode-sentence-infanticide-v-murder/11694058
    PersonsNatalia Antolak-Saper
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