High Court upholds Russell St bomber's 'de facto death sentence'

Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue has failed in his bid to one day walk free from jail and must continue with his "de facto death sentence".

The High Court on Wednesday upheld a law introduced by the Victorian government that ensures anyone who murders a police officer has no chance of parole.Minogue was jailed for life in 1988, with a non-parole period of 28 years, for murdering policewoman Angela Taylor in a car bomb blast on Melbourne's Russell Street. He later killed a man in jail.Advertisement

Last year, Minogue successfully challenged the legislation through the High Court, which concluded it did not apply to Minogue because the "offence committed was indiscriminate and no particular person or class of persons was targeted". Two months later, the government introduced another bill, ensuring Minogue would only be released from prison if he was "in imminent danger of dying or is seriously incapacitated and, as a result, he no longer has the physical ability to do harm to any person".

The same law for murderers, rapists and pedophiles, please

Why only police officer? Shouldn’t it be any other human life?

Rot in jail Craig! Don’t mess with the police 👮🏻‍♀️ about time the courts backed them

Good. I hope he rots in hell.

Cry me a river... hope he’s suffering..

And no one will shed a tear for this piece of human filth Long may you suffer ... RussellStreetBombing CraigMinogue AngelaTaylor

Jonatho43827873 And rightly so. What’s “cruel and inhuman” Craig is murder!!

Good

The crime is the crime and every life counts. To take that away from another should entail the same consequences- life imprisonments. No if’s, buts or who...just a sentence that is fair and just!

Fabulous outcome. Protect our team in uniform who go out every day to protect us

But beating up Ambo's is fine still though....

Jonatho43827873 Apparently that's before the revolving door was installed at the court

Jonatho43827873 Enjoy the rest of your life buttercup...

Thank God for the High Court and the Victorian Legal system!! Thank God this mongrel will never be released to hurt any other person, let alone a police officer protecting the community! No excuses, no sympathy, this bloke is a cold blooded killer!!

Be cheaper and more humane to execute, but do it in public where the people can see the result. Sending someone to die in prison is sweeping it under the rug, out of sight, to avoid being seen to be inhumane while actually being more cruel and inhumane.

Let’s not forget the murder of 13 year old Prue Bird either. Rot ‘til you drop mate

Oh oh, put your foot in here. Very unfortunate wording. What you are actually implying is that the life of ordinary citizens is worth less. And what about healthcare workers? And so many more.

Does manslaughter count? In particular involuntary manslaughter

Beauty - now also apply the same to ‘no body no release’.

Yet you can kill your girlfriends and get 4 years...ain’t justice grand

About time

What if they're off duty? What about ex police? What about just some random child? What about... A JOURNALIST?!

Now make is so for child killers and paedophiles.

However if you murder your wife, you could be out in 4 years! 🤬

Good.

Good, we need our laws to be tougher.

But beating up paramedics gets you no jail time, courts are fucked in this country

Nothing like being a protected species...Same Punishment for killing a homeless person or a Police officer...See how they rate 1s values by their disposition in society...I think its calledl being prejudiced.

Finally judicial system gets 1 right... Now to deal with the other 99%...

Whereas police who murder blackfellas just get a slap on the wrist.

Should be the case for all murderers, no exceptions.

Sam knight?

Murder should bring LIFE WHAT of more horrific crimes on Children. Then the STATE hides behind a sick Legal SYSTEM. Justice is needed over Lawyers Judges & a system designed around $$$$'s. Simple English & straight talk could solve many appeals.

Why are police so special?

But they’ll release a convicted child rapist and killer 🤷🏼‍♀️

That should extent to the greater population, not just police deaths

Yeh cause police life is so much more important than all other workers

No problems with that.

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