Court ruling sends bad signal, O'Farrell

Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 5th October, 2011

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says he's "bewildered and angry" at a judge for acquitting a teenage boy of a stabbing because his teacher had failed to warn him of his legal rights. The 14-year-old boy told his history teacher, who is also his year adviser, that he had stabbed a service station attendant but the police "have nothing on me", The Daily...

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