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SA finally abolishes gay panic defence News . South Australia has abolished “gay panic” as a defence in crimes of violence with state parliament passing legislation to end the “downright offensive” provisions – the last state in Australia to do so.

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The ‘gay panic’ defence sparked debate again last week following South Australian Michael John Lindsey’s successful High Court appeal. The defence, which has been long abolished in New South Wales but remains in South Australia and in Queensland, allowed Lindsey to argue that the victim he bashed to death in 2011 had caused him to lose control by making unwanted …

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South Australia is the last state or territory in the country to address the so-called “gay panic” murder defence. The Queensland government passed legislation to remove the equivalent law from the state’s Criminal Code in March 2017, after a Queensland priest’s Change.org petition attracted 290,000 signatures.

South Australia finally abolishes gay panic murder defence

South Australias Law Reform Institute scrutinised the gay panic defence in two reports, before recommending in 2018 that it be abolished by the State Government. Researchers found the …

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South Australia’s Law Reform Institute previously scrutinised the gay panic defence and made two reports to the South Australian Government on the issue. They found four instances of defendants invoking the gay panic murder defence during the last ten years. In 2018, the institute recommended the government abolish the defence.

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South Australia is under the spotlight as the last state in Australia to still have the gay panic defence as a legal argument against a murder charge after Queensland abolished the legislation

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